There will be a "Library Lecture" by John Cohassey at the Rochester Hills Public Library, 500 Olde Town Rd, Rochester Hills, Michigan on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 7:00 pm. Cohassey, a Michigan Hemingway Society board member, will discuss the year 1919 when Hemingway decided to become a writer. He returned from WWI that year and spent the fall and most of the winter in Michigan.
Cohassey trained in the visual arts, and he played music professionally for many years before becoming a writer himself. He earned a master’s degree in history from Wayne State University in 1995. His first book, “Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson” (Wayne State Press, 1998), won an award of merit from the Historical Society of Michigan.
In 2007, Cohassey served as a consultant for the History Channel documentary, “Hippies.” His most recent book is “Hemingway and Pound: A Most Unlikely Friendship.”
From The Rochester-Avon Historical Society Newsletter Jan/Feb 2017. The lecture is free and open to the public.