Category Archives: Gertrude Stein

“I am writing for myself and strangers.” Quoting Stein leads to inevitable creativity. I enjoyed the comment to my last blog (# 44) that offered a Stein quote: “I am writing for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Reader, are … Continue reading →

There is a general consensus that there are two Gertrude Steins: one readable, the other not. One easily accessible, the other not. I found this to be true and not true. Even her earliest work in fairly simple story-telling prose … Continue reading →

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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 →

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 →

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

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 Let’s turn to our sexy forebears and get a good laugh out of this yet unpublished cartoon … Continue reading →

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 →