Write Me From Rio and Two Big Business Novels
Eaton's Write Me From Rio collects 12 short stories about Americans in Brazil with poetic prose and themes of loneliness and connection. It notes Eaton's background as poet and former vice consul in Rio de Janeiro. The piece also previews two forthcoming big business novels Poor No More by Robert Ruark and Short Term by Jay Richard Kennedy, highlighting their plots and appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio
John F. Blair
Charles Edward Eaton
Brazil
Eaton
Winston-Salem
Curtis Smithdeal
Robert Ruark
Craig Price
Price
Switzerland
Jay Richard Kennedy
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Kennedy
Prince Bart
Fresher Rose The Third Rose: Gertrude Stein And Her World
John Malcolm Brinnin reviews a comprehensive portrait of Gertrude Stein, detailing her Paris circle, major works, and influence on theater and literature. The book emphasizes Stein’s creative intellect, cubist sensibilities, and her enduring prominence in 20th century letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Stein
John Malcolm Brinnin
Atlantic Little, Brown
Paris
Stein
Pittsburgh
Radcliffe
Johns Hopkins
Leo
Alice B. Toklas
Rue Christine
Brinnin
Joyce
Picasso
Britain
Masaryk stamp to mark Czech independence milestone
The sixth United States Champions of Liberty stamp honors Thomas Masaryk founder and first president of Czechoslovakia to be issued in 4 and 8 cent denominations. Masaryk's wartime push for independence traces to World War I with 1918 friendships and shared freedoms. Other champions include May-Gaysay 1957 and San Martin 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Thomas G. Masam
Czechoslovakia
Masaryk
Ramon May- Gaysay
Simon Bolivar
Lajos Kossuth
Nobel Poetry: Salvatore Quasimodo’s Translated Fragments
An excerpted note on Salvatore Quasimodo, Nobel laureate in literature, with two English translations of his Italian poetry. The lines evoke flame, scent of male oak and roses, winter birds, earth and air, and solitary human experience. Fragmentary text ends with a stray phrase about Northern Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Quasimodo
Last Of The Snopeses The Mansion Faulkner Review
Faulkner returns the Snopes clan to the Major de Spain mansion in a dense Mississippi tale. The plot centers on Mink and Houston with Flem, Eula and others shaping a web of money, ambition, and violent fate across years and novels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Faulkner
Random House
Faulkner
Snopeses
Flem
Eula
Charles Mallison
Gavin Stevens
Major de Spain
W. K. Ratliff
Mink
M. C
Snopes
Jack Houston
Houston
Texas
Linda
Double Feature on George Catlin and the Old Frontier
Harold McCracken reviews George Catlin and his life among North American Indians. Marvin C Ross edits episodes from Life Among the Indians and Last Rambles, with detailed scholarship and a focus on Catlin’s mid-19th century West Coast and South American travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Catlin
Harold McCracken
Dial
Marvin C. Ross
University of Oklahoma
Wilkes-Barre
Jersey City
N. J
Catlin
Ross
McCracken
Philadelphia
Sully
Willson
Peale
United States Congress
West Coast
South America
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Jose de San Martin
Ernst Reuther
H. M. Spencer Lewin
Montreal
Canada
New York
Londrina
Parana
Belgian Congo
Ruanda-Urundi
Ata
Eda AS
Iliam
Ronald Searle
Achilles
Robert Graves
Doubleday
Graves
Island of
Majorca
Greece
Rome
Searle
Punch
Glauco Cambon
Henry W. Wells
Tupper & Love, Inc
Northern Ireland
Ge Sereed Flem
Comedie Humaine
Westinghouse Special
Westinghouse
Levice In
Launders Furniture CO
E. Washington ST
Ralph's
College Village
R. F. Saunders
Don E. Owen
Mgr
A. J. Johnson
Carl Skinner
Matt
Drury
Exodus
Urs
THE
Lederer &Burdick
DEAR
Physician
Caldwell
Hart
Strunk & White
Status Seekers
Packard
Cecil’s Office Equipment CO
S. Main ST
Eva
Edith Deen
Dana A. Pouma
Straughan's Booksellers
N. Main St
High Point, N. C
Edith
Lustre Sheen’s
High Point
Pine ST
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