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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 40-41

Posted on April 8, 2010 by renatestendhal

Gertrude has had a meeting with the Zeitgeist. I had just posted # 39, the attempt of Proust, Joyce and Pound to Twitter (quite in vain, of course) whereas Stein revealed herself as the naturally born Twitterwit: “Toasted Susie is … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 39

Posted on April 8, 2010 by renatestendhal

What it would be like if Proust, Pound, Joyce and Stein had to be “authorpreneurs” and polish their FaceBook Fan pages and emit daily tweets? Are there other writers who are sometimes overcome, as I am, by the merry absurdity … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 7, 2010 by renatestendhal

This is a photographic appetizer of favorite pics of Gertrude Stein. Link

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 38

Posted on March 19, 2010 by renatestendhal

Gertrude is always good for another controversy. This one was not her fault. (Is any one?) I wanted to cheer up my Friends group on She Writes with the “Gertrude über Alice” (read: Alles) cartoon of my latest blog, donated … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 37

Posted on March 1, 2010 by renatestendhal

Male anthologies, oh wonder! Some comfort is needed when the world stands on its head (men’s feet on top of women’s heads, again). Let’s turn to our sexy forebears and get a good laugh out of this yet unpublished cartoon … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 36

Posted on February 19, 2010 by renatestendhal

“If nobody asked the question, what would the answer be.” Blogging always asks a question without ever asking it directly — and often there is no answer to the question not asked. I look at the blogs, the many blogs … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 35

Posted on February 14, 2010 by renatestendhal

A very swell Valentine from Gertrude to Alice is in order. It will warm your hearts. It is from “Portraits and Prayers”: “When you hear her snore It is not before you love her. You love her so that to … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 34

Posted on February 11, 2010 by renatestendhal

With Valentine’s tyranny waiting in the wings, I can’t resist to come back to Gertrude and SEX. It’s my hobby horse, as you know by now, my violon d’Ingres in French. What I would wish for the ALA conference on … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 33

Posted on February 7, 2010 by renatestendhal

More about the yearly conference of the American Literature Association (ALA) http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/american_literature_association_2010.htm dedicated to Gertrude Stein, taking place in San Francisco from May 27 to May 30: The link tells you about where and where to stay. A particular focus … Continue reading →

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 32

Posted on February 3, 2010 by renatestendhal

Happy birthday, Gertie! She is turning 136 this year in her very own ageless way. And here is the mythical birth as told in the Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas: “Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. As I am … Continue reading →

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