Monthly Archives: April 2010

Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 42

Posted on April 16, 2010 by renatestendhal

April walk on memory lane. Exactly 65 years ago, Gertrude and Alice were back in California for the first time since the beginning of the century. On April Fools Day 1935, they were invited to a Hollywood party where they … Continue reading →

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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 →