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Category Archives: Urban Legends
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
Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 92
How right or how wrong does it get when Gertrude Stein appears in the movies? I had a second look at Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris — and compared his Gertrude to her twin in Alan Rudolph’s cult classic, The … Continue reading
Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 91
Why the Witch-Hunt Against Gertrude Stein? Tikkun Magazine It’s fascinating how the story of Stein’s war years and survival refuses to settle into a consistent story line. I wrote about Assemblyman Dov Hikind, commentator Alan Dershowith and their distortions of … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, News, page articles, Urban Legends
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Alan Riding, And the Show Went on, Dov Hikind, Gertrude Stein, Jewish, Jewish Heritage Month, Michael Lerner, Rabbinical tradition, The Steins Collect, Tikkun, urban legend, White House
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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
Posted in Events, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, News, Urban Legends
Tagged American Literature Association, Books, controversy, food, Gertrude and Alice, Gertrude and Alice and Fritz and Tom, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein Society, Gisale Zuchner-Mogall, Hans Gallas, Plain Edition, The Steins Collect, Tom Hachtman, urban legend
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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 89
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
Posted in Events, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, News, page articles, Urban Legends
Tagged Arafat, Charles Bernstein, collaborator, Dov Hikind, Edward Burns, Eleanor Roosevelt, fascist, Forward, Genius, Gertrude Stein, Hendrikksen, Hitler, Jewish Heritage Month, Joan Retallack, Marjorie Perloff, Nativ, Nazi, Nobel Peace Prize, Orthodox, Scott Stringer, soul, Ulla Dydo, War Years, White House
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