In his highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Art Matters: Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the Modern Short Story, Robert Paul Lamb delivers a dazzling analysis of the craft of this influential writer. Lamb scrutinizes a selection of Hemingway s exemplary stories to illuminate the author s methods of construction and to show how craft criticism complements and enhances cultural literary studies. The Hemingway Short Story reconciles the creative writer s focus on art with the concerns of cultural critics, establishing the value that craft criticism holds for all readers.