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Celebrating LGBTQ History Month: June 18, Alice B. Toklas
Today I would like to honor and pay tribute to Alice B. Toklas. TSM followers will remember that we celebrated Toklas’ birthday back in April. Toklas deserves to be celebrated for having the co… more →
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DAISY AND ALICE
wrote 1 week ago: In my print column this week, I described my recent “Daisy Buchanan moment.” Looking at … more →
A mishmash of recent readings
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wrote 1 week ago: It’s been quite a while since I last finished a whole proper book, the last one being Miss Tim … more →
Happy Birthday Alice B. Toklas! Pass the Hash Brownies.
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Alice B. Toklas (left) with Gertrude Stein Today is the birthday of Alice B. Toklas (1877 – 1967). T … more →
Henri Matisse: an Eclectic Modernist
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wrote 1 month ago: The Maid, by Matisse (1896) Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954; aged 84) … more →
Literary Paris
wrote 1 month ago: I think it is fitting that I write this post after watching the film Cafe de Flore. Inspired to re-t … more →
ALICE B. TOKLAS
wrote 2 months ago: Alice B. Toklas Alice B. Toklas (30 de abril de 1877 – 7 de marzo de 1967) fue la compañera y confid … more →
Toklas After Stein
wrote 2 months ago: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas On this day in 1967 Alice B. Toklas died, at the age of eighty-nine. … more →
Gertrude Stein
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wrote 2 months ago: By Siobhan Fenton Behind every great man is a great woman. The shallow reality of this phrase is per … more →
In America on this date 100 years ago, February 17th…
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wrote 3 months ago: …the International Exhibition of Modern Art, sponsored by the American Association of Painters and S … more →
January Book Reviews
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wrote 3 months ago: Hello, fellow literature lovers! I’m back with some book reviews, and I’ve been reading a lot. The g … more →
Postcard from last night
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wrote 3 months ago: Last night, we went to a dinner event at the Museum of Modern Art here in New York. It was called Ca … more →
1913--What a year...
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wrote 4 months ago: From our vantage point a century on, 1913 looks like the year before the world exploded into war. Am … more →
Midnight in Paris (2011)
wrote 4 months ago: Midnight in Paris (2011) – Do you ever see stuff about like the free love revolution in the 1960s an … more →
Finding the way in Paris? No Worries.
wrote 4 months ago: ….1615. Its nearly 60 acres are adorned with a forest of leafy trees, some 80 statues, two fou … more →
‘Contemporary Gothic to read in bed’
wrote 5 months ago: Paul Bowles and Erich Alport Rob, from the Univ Development Office, reading The Lemon by Mohammed Mr … more →
LOOKING BACK, TAOS, NEW MEXICO: PART ONE
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wrote 6 months ago: When I first arrived at The Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico, to study with Natalie Goldb … more →
OUTLAW MARRIAGES: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
wrote 6 months ago: RODGER STREITMATTER Outlaw looks at 15 couples during a time when being gay was against the law. Sev … more →
Writer's Block--No You Don't Just Get Over It!
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wrote 7 months ago: While writing and revising Stretch Marks, I went through periods where nothing could keep me away fr … more →
Realized Intention
wrote 7 months ago: Realized Intention: Artistic Construction, Artwork and the Artist in Gertrude Stein’s The Auto … more →
