gertrude stein

Can Literature Really Be an Agent of Political Resistance?

Keegan Cook Finberg / Los Angeles Review of Books Sep 27, 2019 In her latest book, Juliana Spahr explores what radical literature has done to challenge forms of nationalism in the U.S. and reaches a disappointing conclusion. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

How We Were Scammed by the Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2013 A military action that was sold to Americans as short and inexpensive may come to cost us $3.7 trillion; Sen. Rob Portman has come out in support of same-sex marriage thanks to his gay son, but doesn't seem interested in women's rights despite having a daughter; meanwhile, the hacker who brought you the Bush family's emails has exposed communications between a White House adviser and the Clintons. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Life-Defining Poetry

By Troy Jollimore Aug 22, 2012 Maureen N McLane’s deeply personal and eccentric "My Poets" is a meditation on the works that have "most marked" her by Chaucer, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Emily Dickinson, Shelley and Louise Gluck McLane’s deeply personal and eccentric "My Poets" is a meditation on the works that have "most marked" her by Chaucer, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams and Emily Dickinson . Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gertrude Stein’s Smoking Gun

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2011 Art exhibitions reveal the real Gertrude Stein; young American Jews are disagreeing with their parents' views on Palestine; meanwhile, the battle over bin Laden postmortem photos continues. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Midnight in Paris’: Tripping the City of Light Fantastic

Richard Schickel / Truthdig May 21, 2011 Gil (Owen Wilson) is lolling on some steps in Paris, contemplating his moderately unhappy fate when an antique automobile pulls up and no less than F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda invite him to join them. In, as it happens, the 1920s, in the City of Light.I like the way Woody Allen induces us to suspend our disbelief in his fantasy. Over the years he has become—again, this is not something people seem to notice—a master filmmaker. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )