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Recommended: Biographies

For starters: My recommended Fiction books My recommended Non-Fiction books BIOGRAPHIES: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, by Joseph Ellis I’ve written a lot about Joseph Ellis’ work here. While I love David McCullough’s work so much, Ellis is … Continue reading

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Bookshelf Tour #7

Moving on to biographies. Please ignore my wretched ceiling. I had nothing to do with it. I also lost the top shelf of my bookshelves when I moved here in February. Still room for a row of books though. I … Continue reading

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The Books: The Crack-Up, ‘Auction – Model, 1934’, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

On the essays shelf: The Crack-Up, by F. Scott Fitzgerald The byline here again, like with ‘Show Mr. and Mrs. F–‘ is “F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald”, dated July of 1934. This is an interesting piece. A couple auctions off … Continue reading

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The Books: The Crack-Up, ‘Show Mr. and Mrs F –’, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

On the essays shelf: The Crack-Up, by F. Scott Fitzgerald The byline here is “F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald”, and the date is “May-June 1934”. They got married in 1920. He was newly famous because of his first novel. They … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, F. Scott Fitzgerald

So you see that old libel that we were cynics and skeptics was nonsense from the beginning. On the contrary we were the great believers. — F. Scott Fitzgerald, “My Generation” Fitzgerald was one of those writers I liked right … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Zelda Fitzgerald

Zelda Fitzgerald’s description of her life in the 1920s: Spinach and champagne. Going back to the kitchens at the old Waldorf. Dancing on the kitchen tables, wearing the chef’s headgear. Finally, a crash and being escorted out by the house … Continue reading

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The Books: Zelda: A Biography, by Nancy Milford

Daily Book Excerpt: Biography Next biography on the biography shelf is Zelda: A Biography, by Nancy Milford How can a girl say again, “I do not want to be respectable because respectable girls are not attractive,” and how can she … Continue reading

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Midnight in Paris Re-Release: A Nostalgia For a Life He Had Never Lived

This article originally appeared on Capital New York. Midnight in Paris opened in May. So far, it has made over $50 million in the United States alone, making it Woody Allen’s biggest box office success. Sony Pictures has decided to … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Zelda Fitzgerald

Excerpt of letter from Zelda to Scott Fitzgerald, included in the wonderful biography Zelda: A Biography: Scott – there’s nothing in all the world I want but you – and your precious love – All the material things are nothing. … Continue reading

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Joan Acocella: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints

Joan Acocella has been a staff writer for The New Yorker for I don’t know how many years, and I am just now starting to pay attention to her. She writes mainly about dance (her dance columns are amazing – … Continue reading

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