VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Tara Betts
Tara Betts discusses her newest collection, Break the Habit, the burden placed on black women artists to be both artist and activist, and why writing is rooted in identity. ...more
Posts Tagged: Zelda Fitzgerald
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
First, Brandon Hicks complicates stereotypes of the lower classes in a comic spoof of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his famous wife, Zelda.
Then, in the Saturday Essay, Melissa Kingbird recounts her experience at Standing Rock, on the outskirts of a Native American reservation.
...moreParis and All That Jazz
While Fitzgerald’s haunts have certainly evolved over the years, and some have disappeared altogether, visitors to Paris can still relive the old-fashioned glamor of Fitzgerald’s Paris. It requires imagination, champagne, and a touch of despair.
In an article for Travel + Leisure, Jess McHugh writes about the Paris of F.
...moreHappy Belated Birthday, Zelda Fitzgerald
In honor of her would’ve-been 113th birthday, check out Gothamist’s collection of photos and footage of Zelda (and F. Scott) Fitzgerald.
Okay, okay—her birthday was a week ago, so this isn’t the timeliest post in the world.
Still, it’s fascinatingly bittersweet to see video of the couple before their marriage unraveled and Zelda died in a psychiatric institution.
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Kate Zambreno
"I’m exposing faultlines, dealing especially with rhetoric. Showing that heterosexuality is a disease, or at least its inheritance." Novelist, theorist, historian and blog-girl, Kate Zambreno gives up a meaty, definitive interview. ...more
“The Stories Never Die”
“Liberty’s material is so relevant today it makes me feel, at age 84, that I am at the beginning,” says Robert Whiteman, who has devoted the last several years of his life to getting people interested in the old weekly.
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