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Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 98
THE WEDDING GAME America in the throes of a romantic revolution. If Gertrude and Alice had known! The lesbian pioneers lived their lifelong devotion discreetly but nevertheless quite in the public eye. Nobody who wasn’t half blind could have misunderstood … Continue reading
Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 97
A VERY GAY HEAVENLY WEDDING AND A PRIZE QUESTION! (see below) Alice to Gertrude: “What took them so long?” Gertrude to Alice: “What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or … Continue reading
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 # 93
Bye-bye 2012! BYE-BYE SUMMER OF STEIN The cartoon by Rick Meyerowitz, “The Girls of Summer,” brings home the sad fact. The year-long Summer of Stein ended last year. In May 2012, the last of the big exhibitions on Stein closed. … Continue reading
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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 # 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 # 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
