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MarginMan
MarginMan rated it 9 years ago
I received a promotional copy of this book through the First Reads program. Rating: Somewhere in the 3 to 3 1/2 range.I really like the title piece. "Capitalist Pastorale" is a waste of time. The others fall somewhere in between, with "Edward Weston's Nudes" being one of the better pieces and the Bl...
La Mala *the mean girl*
La Mala *the mean girl* rated it 9 years ago
(Solamente porque lo recomendaban en Flavorwire para los seguidores de los podcasts d SERIAL de Sarah Koening).
sarah
sarah rated it 10 years ago
Although this is a very well-written book, I found it dry. Malcolm has done a wonderful job piecing together the evidence to form the narrative of Stein and Toklas' lives. I loved the story of how Stein defaced her poem Stanzas by crossing out every instance of the word "may" and replacing th...
Bellwether Book Reviews
Bellwether Book Reviews rated it 10 years ago
Loved the direction Malcolm took with this, and genre in general. It's impressive stuff.
AC
AC rated it 11 years ago
Surprisingly (given the rather strange and narrow topic), a fascinating book -- not just on Freud, but on academic narcissism and on the psychology of heresy...
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