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Therese Anne Fowler • Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

Gertrude Stein as a writer was oft derided or despised by her contemporaries - “they hated that Stein had become a celebrity, but most of all they hated the way she brought their own seriousness into doubt” - p. 6, LRB, Devotion to the Cut, Adam Thirlwell.
Writer Gertrude Stein's definition of genius: somebody who knows who to be influenced by.
Katie Dalebout • this last list is light...
Hemingway offered to modify the noun with “lousy” or “lesbian,” but if anyone was ever a bitch, he said it was Gertrude Stein.
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius


The Project Gutenberg eBook of Tender Buttons, by Gertrude Stein.
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