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The Quebecois author was revolutionary in so many ways, she remained a nomad and a devoted advocate for the Francophonie. 30 November 2021 | Staff | Canadian Press | With Additional material MONTREAL — The novelist, playwright and poet Marie-Claire Blais has passed away. She was 82 years old. Goodwin artists’ agency, which represented her,…
In 1913, The Times declared Cather’s “novel without a hero” to be “American in the best sense of the word.” Credit:Lily Snowden-Fine Sept. 14, 1913 | The New York Times The hero of the American novel very often starts on the farm, but he seldom stays there; instead, he uses it as a springboard from…
Photo: Cropped – David Dee Delgado for The New York Times (original below) | With additional photos, quotes and video The beloved author wrote many witty epitaphs but never suggested where her remains should end up. Her fans helped complete her ashes’ odyssey. 26 August 2021 | Robert Simonson | New York Times Dorothy Parker…
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22 August 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media There’ll be peace without end Ev’ry neighbor a friend With ev’ry man a King (Castro Carazo / Huey P. Long) By the time former Louisiana Governor and Senator Huey P. Long wrote the words ‘peace without end,’ he was well on his way to establishing a…
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Photo: Gertrude Stein, 1934. Photographer: Carl Van Vechten An interesting, if somewhat overly critical look at Gertrude Stein and her The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas. Personally I have never understood why she is so misunderstood, or revered by modern-day feminists. 27 July 2021 | Cath Pound | BBC Culture Gertrude Stein, who died 75…
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(Image credit: Alamy) Since Sylvia Plath died in 1963, she’s been turned into a crudely tragic symbol. As she inspires more biographies, will we ever get closer to the ‘real’ Plath. 21 July 2021 | Lillian Crawford | BBC Culture When a female author dies by suicide, it defines her. From Virginia Woolf to Sarah Kane,…
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