Monthly Archives: March 2011

Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 62

“Don’t Think You Can’t Be Senile At 22″  This week’s New Yorker reports on “Glenn Ligon: AMERICA” at the Whitney, the retrospective of an important African-American artist who made use of the “negro sunshine” Stein coined in her early novella “Melanctha” … Continue reading

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 61

Was Gertrude Stein a feminist? Was she homophobic? A naïve racist (à la Gone with the Wind)? A Hitler fan? These are some of the fascinating questions the upcoming exhibitions in San Francisco will have to address. They are part … Continue reading

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