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In 1946, the artist Francis Rose completed a series of drawings to be included in The Gertrude Stein First Reader & Three Plays, by Gertrude Stein, which was first published in 1946. Three of these sketches are preserved in the Robert A. Wilson collection of Gertrude Stein materials at Johns Hopkins University. Two of these … Continue reading Illuminating Illustrations: Francis Rose and Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was many things: a novelist, poet, playwright, ambulance driver, publisher, and art collector. Most know her today as an eccentric lesbian who wrote eccentric books and kept eccentric company. Most do not know how deeply intertwined these aspects of her life were. Her friends, her writing, her art collecting, and her business were … Continue reading Concurrent Geniuses: Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, and the Interests of Friendship

Gertrude Stein is perhaps best known for three things: her flair as an art collector, her authorship, and the company she kept. This set of page proofs from the Robert A. Wilson Collection of Gertrude Stein Materials at Johns Hopkins University's Sheridan Libraries exemplifies who Gertrude Stein was as an author: a force of nature. … Continue reading “Saving the Sentence”: How to Write like Gertrude Stein