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

#janebowles #janeauer #paulbowles #americanwriter

"...I have thought for a long time now that often, so very often, heroes who believe themselves to be monsters because they are so far removed from other men turn around much later and see really monstrous acts being committed in the name of something mediocre." #twoseriousladies #janebowles

In 1939, Paul and #JaneBowles joined the #AmericanCommunistParty.

"We tried to compensate for our lack of devotion to Marxism-Leninism by seeing every Russian film that came to New York."

Image: poster for #AleksandrNevskij movie, 1938

#sovietmovie

Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1939

Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.

#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #CharlesHenriFord #WilliamSaroyan #biography #1939

#photography #photo #travel #landscape #seascape #seacoast #JaneBowles #wandering #wonder #mediterranean

Sheila Heti on the Profound Influence of Jane Bowles on Her Writing—and Life When I first read Two Serious Ladies in my early twenties, it instantly and forever changed the way I wrote. It influenced me more than any book I can think of. I imagine it’s because I had not bef…

« It is very hard to explain and, I think for her, was so hard to demonstrate that after writing this one novel, most of her powers were spent. » lithub.com/sheila-heti-...

#janebowles

"I am so wily and feminine that I could live by your side for a lifetime and deceive you afresh each day."

✒ American author and playwright #JaneBowles passed away #OTD 4 May 1973. #Theatre #Literature

We have just uploaded some unreleased music recordings to the official Paul Bowles website. You can listen to them by following this link: www.paulbowles.org/music/paul-b...

#paulbowles #unreleased #music #janebowles #dhlawrence

Jane Bowles American writer Jane Bowles was BOTD in 1917. Born Jane Auer in New York, she was raised in Long Island, before attending boarding school in Switzerland. She returned to New York in the 1930s, join…

American writer Jane Bowles, whose life and career was subsumed by the success of her husband Paul “Sheltering Sky” Bowles, was BOTD in 1917. #janebowles #theshelteringsky #bornonthisday #supergays

Tableau “Dans un café (L’absinthe)” d'Edgar Degas (1873). Cette scène se déroule au café de la Nouvelle Athènes, place Pigalle, point de ralliement des Impressionnistes. Il représente Ellen Andrée, actrice, le regard vague face à un verre d’absinthe, et Marcellin Desboutin, peintre et graveur.

Prochain combat en faveur de l'égalité des sexes : rendre glamour l'écrivaine alcoolique. #ElizabethBishop #AnneSexton #MayaAngelou #LuciaBerlin #CarsonMcCullers #ShirleyJackson #JaneBowles #JeanRhys #PatriciaHighsmith #MargueriteDuras #MaryKarr #LeslieJamison

Jane Bowles – ihmisuhteiden täsmäkuvaaja Listen to this episode from Kirjailijoiden lukupiiri on Spotify. Kirjailija E.L. Karhu arvostaa amerikkalaiskirjailija Jane Bowlesia taitavana, alati muuttuvien ihmissuhteiden kuvaajana. Omaa suhdetta...

Tästäpä kuunteluun Kirjailijoiden lukupiirin Jane Bowles -jakso!

Keskustelemassa E.L. Karhu ja Eeva Turunen, Annaleena Jalava vetää. "Keskustelijoiden mielestä queer-kuvauksen edelläkävijän tuotanto on ajankohtaisempaa kuin koskaan aiemmin."

#Kirjailijoidenlukupiiri #JaneBowles #kirjat #lukeminen

Jane Bowles' Two Serious Ladies book cover

Current reading. Long past high time. 🔥 #JaneBowles #kirjataivas

“A quel moment précis cet état avait-il succédé au précédent, Sadie était incapable de le dire. » #JaneBowles

« Elle avait parlé de façon machinale, mais lorsqu’elle prit conscience de ce qu’elle avait dit, un élan de joie sans bornes envahit tout son être. » #JaneBowles

« Sadie vivait dans les affres de l’attente, bizarre mélange de terreur et d’anticipation joyeuse qui s’accroissait progressivement. » #JaneBowles