Author to speak at Bonner library tonight

Steve Paul, author of a book about Ernest Hemingway, will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at the Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton, Bonner Springs.

His talk, “Hemingway: Before the Storm,” is part of this year’s sea-themed “One Book, Many Neighbors” program.

Paul has been a long-time arts and culture editor and staff member at the Kansas City Star.

Paul has written “Hemingway at Eighteen: The Pivotal Year that Launched an American Legend” and “Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S. Connell.”

The “One Book, Many Neighbors” program is a cooperative effort of the Bonner Springs Library as well as libraries in Atchison, Basehor, Lansing, Leavenworth, Linwood and Tonganoxie.