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4 days ago by Jennifer Rains

We still need to know more about Djuna Barnes to grasp her unique style, her radical fusion, her ideology. Djuna was born in New York State in 1892 to an artistic, eccentric, strong-willed family. Barnes became a stylish, self-created, self-supporting New Woman. She lived in New York from 1913 to 19 ...

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16 days ago by Alex

LGBT people born today: 1903 – Raymond Radiguet – French Author – Died 12th December 1923 1910 – John Menlove Edwards – UK Rock Climber – Died 2nd February 1958 1925 – Robert Arthur – US Actor – Died 1st October 2008 1971 – Nigel Owens – UK Rugby Referee 1973 – Skye Woods – US Porn Star And those wh ...

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21 days ago by Alex

LGBT people born today: 1858 – Henry Scott Tuke – UK Painter / Photographer – Died 13th March 1929 1892 – Djuna Barnes – US author – Died 18th June 1982 1906 – Sandro Penna – Italian Poet – Died 21st January 1977 1926 – Paul Lynde – US Actor / Comedian – Died 10th January 1982 1929 – Brigid Brophy – ...

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22 days ago by Andy Folk

June 12 — DJUNA BARNES Home-schooled poet, Lost Generation Left-Banker. View Barnes’ collection of poems and drawings Book of Repulsive Women. JUNE 12, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS *Ghost in the Machine Day. ALSO ON JUNE 12 IN HISTORY… 1892 — American modernist writer Djuna Barnes born, Cornwall on H ...

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24 days ago by Liza P.

Every once in a while I get in those moods where I just want to wander around aimlessly. Whether it be on foot, by bus, or peddling away on Pierrot (my bicycle) I've just got the wanderlust. Just call me Robin Vote (a la Djuna Barnes' Nightwood). After relaxing at home for a bit this passed Saturday ...

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25 days ago by dailythoughtsicle

Word of the Week fris⋅son NOUN  / -ˈsõʊ̃z ; Fr. -ˈsɔ̃ / Show Spelled Pronunciation [ free- soh n ; Fr. f ree- saw n - soh nz ; Fr. - saw n ] . a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill. Use: Seeing the man streak through the streets gave me a slight frisson that cascad ...

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33 days ago by deni

after reading “nightwood” i have a list of passages i want to remember even though i didnt particularly like the book. i dont remember even finishing it. but these quotes are really good: “for the step of the wandering jew is in every son.” “…dressed as if expecting to participate in some great even ...

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48 days ago by Lars Erik Frank

Italo-discodrengen, Fred Ventura, scorer nok topkarakter ved koncert i Kødboderne18 d. 23.5. (more…)

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48 days ago by urbesque

posted by Caroline Picard I came across these two consecutive passages in Nightwood, a book by Djuna Barnes; it was originally published in 1937. She also made portraits. The emotional spiral of the circus, taking its flight from the immense disqualification of the public, rebounding from its illimi ...

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50 days ago by wildnewyork

That’s what e.e. cummings reportedly shouted out his window on Patchin Place, the West Village gated alley where he and fellow writer Djuna Barnes were neighbors for many overlapping years. Cummings resided in a house at #4, while Djuna had a studio on the second floor at #5 across the way. She live ...

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