Literati rejoice — Gertrude Stein was born on this day in 1874. Today is her 138th birthday!
It's hard to find video and audio of Stein together, so I'll give you a little of each. At left, you can watch Stein while listening to some vaguely bitchy things Hemingway said about her.
It's hard to find video and audio of Stein together, so I'll give you a little of each. At left, you can watch Stein while listening to some vaguely bitchy things Hemingway said about her.And here's audio of Stein reading "If I Had Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso," a poem she wrote in response to Picasso's famous portrait of her. Turn it on, pour yourself something tasty, and have a wonderful weekend.
And here's audio of Stein reading "If I Had Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso," a poem she wrote in response to Picasso's famous 
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