Jane Auer was born today in 1917!
American writer and playwright, she married Paul Bowles in 1938.

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A free and fearless spirit—one who made few concessions to convention.

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"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism." - Robert Green Ingersoll

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In 1931, at the suggestion of Gertrude Stein, Paul Bowles and Aaron Copland travelled to Morocco for the first time.

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First typewritten page of Bowles’s most celebrated novel, #TheShelteringSky, with an epigraph by #EduardoMallea added in pencil in the upper right margin.

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Quote from "The Spider's house" (1955)
www.paulbowles.org/writings/Nov...

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"A free and fearless spirit, Paul Bowles experimented in several kinds of transgression, and in his work and private life he made few concessions to convention."
Read the biographical note on #PaulBowles by Rodrigo Rey Rosa:
www.paulbowles.org/biography

#transgression #freespirit #americanwriter

Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 - November 17, 1992)
#AmericanWriter #Professor #Philosopher #IntersectionalFeminist #Poet #CivilRightsActivist #SelfDescribedBlackLesbian #Feminist #Socialist
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#EachOneTeachOne

John Steinbeck's Wonderful Letter On Racism - 1937 - Flashbak “If I had enough money, I would take busloads of people out to the fields and into the labor camps. Then they’d know how that fine salad got on their table.” – Roberto Acuna, farm worker “In the souls...

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Paul Bowles 'A night with thunder in the sky he packed his bag and left,' Paul Bowles wrote in a short autobiographical piece in 1986—referring to an escape from his parents' home in New York City to Paris in 192...

30 December 2024: on the occasion of #PaulBowles' birthday, we are excited to launch the new website dedicated to the multifaceted legacy of this iconic #Americanwriter and #composer. A resource for scholars of Paul Bowles and enthusiasts of his work for years to come.

www.paulbowles.org

Holding the novel "The Great Gatsby", bound in red cloth with Fitzgerald's signature in gold, in front of bookshelves filled with his works. On the top shelf sits a book with the cover to the front showing a photograph of Fitzgerald

F Scott Fitzgerald, September 1923, a black and white photograph of a young man looking to the right, wearing a grey salt and pepper tweed suit and tie. Picture via Wikimedia Commons

It's the birthday of #AmericanWriter F. Scott Fitzgerald! Here is a pic of him in September 1923 & a view of our #Fitzgerald shelves in the reading room - but you can find HUNDREDS of media on & by him in our catalogue!

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2024-59 #Welzijn - #nathanhill
Een #dikkepil de moeite van het lezen waard. Niet elk deel is even boeiend, maar alles heeft een functie in dit #boek 👍
#wellness #denix #thenix #literaireroman #amerikaanseschrijver #americanauthors #americanwriter #lezen