Comments on: Sunday Salon: a mixed bag

By: Dorothy W.

Dorothy W. — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:57:15 +0000

Well, I’ve always been a bit frightened of Gertrude Stein, but perhaps that’s a mistake. I did read and enjoy her long poem Tender Buttons, but it’s not that long of a poem and easily gotten through. But her prose? Not sure. But maybe I should try it.

By: Joanne.

Joanne. — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:53:27 +0000

I read that a few years back and loved it! All those artists and writers in Paris. I read this after reading Hemingways A Moveable Feast.

By: bookworm

bookworm — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:11:07 +0000

hi, sounds like you’ve been busy with some good reads. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas sounds very interesting. Thanks for stopping by my blog, that comment about meeting Gene Kelly is very cool!

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:26:11 +0000

J. Kaye, thanks!

Frumious, I have also heard this one is her most “readable” — which makes me all the more curious to see what her other works are like. From what I’ve read so far, I’m particularly curious about Three Lives.

Kool-Aid Mom, so true! I have read quite a few RCFs over the last few years, with very mixed results. Some have stood the test of time, others most definitely have not. :-P

Valerie, ha ha, your question really made me stop and think! I guess I assumed the kindred spirit is Gertrude Stein, but since she is writing from Alice B. Toklas’s point of view maybe she, not GS, is the kindred spirit. I guess I’ll know for sure when I read something else by GS.

John, until I started reading this book I would have said the same thing. What’s so interesting is that yes, she was a catalyst & networker for all those painters, but she herself was a writer through and through. I am very eager to learning more about her.

By: John

John — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:02:40 +0000

Gertrude Stein is one of those central characters in modern art and literature that I have heard of but don't know. From what I have just read she appears toplay a vital role of being the networker and catalyst for artists rather then being a key artist herself. My Holiday from Hell and Books from Heaven post.