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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 89

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

Gertrude Stein: Genius Wanted – Unwanted by White House The scandal has finally reached the highest levels (so far?) with the White House striking Gertrude Stein from the list of “generations of Jewish Americans (who) have brought to bear some of … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 88

Posted on April 12, 2012 by admin

Another Round of Gertrude Stein Loves Hitler! Perpetuating an Urban Legend about Gertrude Stein Wouldn’t you know that the New York Review of Books wouldn’t pass up the chance to feed into the urban legend claiming that Stein really meant … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 87

Posted on March 24, 2012 by admin

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER STEIN 85 % original Stein, 15 % John le Carré, 1 % Stendhal This was not an accident and it was mentioned. To try and cry and not to smile. To try and not inherit not now … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 86

Posted on March 4, 2012 by admin

NO PUSSY NO! How many scandals fit on the tip of a needle when the needle is Gertrude Stein? I ask you. To my delight, I discovered the latest one in the latest blog post by my friend Hans Gallas: … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 85

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin

99% Gertrude Stein Aquarie Stein is having another virtual birthday, Feb. 3rd. She is turning 138. Looking back at the year she just spent, culturally speaking, it was the 99% Gertrude Stein year. The excitement created by her modern art … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 84

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

OBSCENE CRITIC, OBSCENE ACADEMIC The Stein controversy was picked up by Scene4 Magazine, the international magazine for arts and media, in a special issue on Obscenity: What Is Obscenity and What’s Not? An excellent article by the poet and Stein … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 83

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

Quirky Genius Turns Literary Kingdom to Mud “They ask me to tell why an author like myself can become popular. It is very easy everybody keeps saying and writing what anybody feels that they are understanding and so they get … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catharine R. Stimpson, Elaine Showalter, Genius, Gertrude and Alice, Gertrude and Alice and Fritz and Tom, Gertrude Stein, Marjorie Perloff, mud, Quirky, Tom Hachtman | Leave a comment

Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 82

Posted on December 9, 2011 by admin

Words, funny words and funny funny pictures and Paris in a new picture book! It begins: “Once there were two amusing American ladies, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. They lived in a mighty marvelous apartment in Paris…, ” and … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 81

Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin

Vive la France! “I cannot write too much upon how necessary it is to be completely conservative that is particularly traditional in order to be free. And so France is and was.” (Paris France) It is true, Stein was politically … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 80

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

Yes, I am not alone in taking on the war-mongers against Gertrude Stein and her survival in Nazi-occupied France, with their many ignorances, lies and innuendos… For a while, I felt quite lost in a desert, with bullets coming in … Continue reading →