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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 99

“The New Bride of Frankengert,” courtesy Tom Hachtman – Alias: “The Bride of Gertrudestein“ (see Gertrude Follies # 69) Happy Halloween! “Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.” (Gertrude Stein, Last Operas and Plays)

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 95

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JAMAICA KINCAID QUOTING GERTRUDE STEIN? Should we call it a new sighting in our search for signs of presence in the Steinian post-renaissance? Is it a QUOTE? “She was thinking of her now, knowing that it would certainly become a … Continue reading

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 94

  Another Happy Birthday, Gertrude Stein! What is eternally 39 year-old Alice bringing Gertie for her celebration? You bet it’s something she baked, some “entertaining refreshment,” “effective,” “ecstatic,” “brilliant,” “ravishing” — in short, a “food of paradise”. To be exact: … Continue reading

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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 90

There or not there? Gertrude Stein Day at the American Literature Association Conference “It’s the critics who thought about form, I thought about writing.” (Gertrude Stein) Imagine my surprise, when I asked my academic audience at the lecture panel whether … Continue reading

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

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 # 83

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

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

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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