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Picture of Gertrude Stein, author of The Autobiograph of Alice B. Toklas; novelist and poet; twentieth century American literature and poetry


 
September 1, 1933
Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas
 
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by Steve King

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On this day in 1933, Gertrude Stein published The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, her account of her salon life as seen through the devoted eyes of her companion. This ventriloquism allowed her to be Boswell to her own Johnson, as in "It was then that Gertrude Stein said, Hemingway, remarks are not literature." Many in her circle did not appreciate or verify Stein's anecdotes, but the book proved to be popular for its gossip, and more reader-friendly than her usual writing, though still quirky ...   FULL STORY »Luminary Graphics, Inc.
 
 
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