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The woman who supposedly said the only thing smaller than Hemingway’s talent was his d%ck…

Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes by JL Macy

July 19, 2024 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

I knew I had my cbr16bingo Scandal book when I read the line “your soft saliva, loosed with orgy, drip!”  This category was giving me trouble. I thought I was going to do a children’s graphic novel series for it (there is one big scandal that leads to several littler ones by the looks of the first one I read) but how could I not pick Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes as my Scandal book? Her whole life was a scandal!  She was […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance Tagged With: #writing, art, cbr16bingo, Djuna Barnes, friendship, hedonism, JL Macy, Jon Macy, LGBTQ, literary, lovers, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:329 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance · Tags: #writing, art, cbr16bingo, Djuna Barnes, friendship, hedonism, JL Macy, Jon Macy, LGBTQ, literary, lovers, Social Themes ·
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