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Rose is Rose is Rose is Rose

The World is Round by Gertrude Stein

July 5, 2021 by esmemoria 1 Comment

The top was further because she was so near she could not see which way it was. I have always been intimidated by Gertrude Stein. A modernist, she held salons in Paris with famous writers and artists of the day. I may have picked up a book or two of hers to scan and been scared off by her unique writing. Which is why I felt some trepidation when I picked up her book The World is Round. The book is ostensibly a children’s book, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Gertrude Stein

esmemoria's CBR13 Review No:22 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Gertrude Stein ·
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I wanted this to not feel like BS but this felt like BS to me

March 16, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

So this is a book of poems, I think. For the most part these are word-associations on the objects in a room. For the most part they feel nonsensical. I am only able to use weasel words on this one because I don’t fully trust what my thoughts on these being poems. Also, I give this no rating because there are longer paragraph length poems that are more grounded and I enjoy them. I am not super trained in poetry. Most poetry I read now […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Gertrude Stein, Tender Buttons

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:106 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: Gertrude Stein, Tender Buttons ·
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