Finishing a chapter on Stein, Cage, the Living Theatre, Happenings and Fluxus, and wishing I was in the city for this! Cf Hilton Als's report on one of the legendary Paula Cooper Gallery marathons archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1990…

For fans of Francesca Wade's SQUARE HAUNTING, esp if you were completely taken with Jane Harrison, as I was (and perhaps also know her from a sly mention in A Room of One's Own), this is just out from McNally Editions with intro from Daniel Mendelsohn:

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Can't wait!

A wonderful novel featuring concertos performed on snowy mountains, glimmers of H.D., and such beautifully immersive writing

'In her own writing, Eliot set out not just to rehash the 'marriage plot' but to expose and dissect it.' Francesca Wade in Books and the Arts on Clare Carlisle's new book and the many lives of George Eliot thenation.com/article/cultur…

“A birthday cake is in the morning when there is no use in sleeping.”

Happy 150th to Gertrude Stein, born 3 February 1874. As I inch closer to finishing a book on her life and legacy, a piece on why and where to begin:

Having spent the past three months at Harvard, this is an excellent summary to date of the mind-bending saga that's been going on there, which has often felt like living in an alternate reality compared to so much of the coverage nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

Talking about my work-in-progress on Gertrude Stein today at 12pm EST, at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute and on Zoom. Glad of a chance to put this image on a Powerpoint radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2023-fra…

Join us 10/26 5pm ET for 'Mecklenburgh Square, Radcliffe Yard & Beyond: A Conversation with Francesca Wade & Maggie Doherty on Writing Women's Lives,' Megan Marshall moderator.

Part of our #NewEngland #Biography Series

Register here: masshist.org/events/mecklen…

#womenshistory

Boston is lucky to have K Patrick and Francesca Wade in town, talking MRS. S at Papercuts Bookshop! 🌹 Don’t miss this!

On Remedios Varo, whose paintings have captivated me for years: one of the 'three witches' of Mexico City, one-time designer of sleeping pill adverts, student of Gurdjieff, tarot and alchemy, currently on show The Art Institute of Chicago with a sumptuous catalogue.

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Francesca Wade (Francesca Wade) on Remedios Varo go.nybooks.com/3ROekx8

Such sad news. The amazing list of authors & artists mentioned is the reason we need The White Review. Sometimes we gave them their first commission, sometimes we asked them to try something new, mostly we just gave them as much space as the work required.

We're sad to hear that @thewhitereview will be going on indefinite hiatus. Thank you TWR & Francesca Wade for publishing the transcript of REVOLUTION IS NOT A ONE-TIME EVENT with Akwugo Emejulu, Cruisingutopia, Ru Kaur, lola olufemi & Amrit Wilson she/her thewhitereview.org/feature/revolu…

despite everything, the acid reflux and arguments and ground-down teeth etc, working in close collaboration in a small team to put together a beautiful print publication on a shoestring budget: one of the craziest, most crazy-making, most rewarding experiences on planet earth imo

Looking forward to introducing Jörg Heiser tomorrow for an e-flux Criticism talk on 'the uncertain future of art criticism'. All in New York welcome! e-flux.com/events/553826/…

Patrick Langley compared to Nabokov in this rave review of The Variations, coming to the US in February and out now in the UK w/ Fitzcarraldo Editions

Matthew Janney Guardian Books

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Still not sure it’s possible to get across how brilliant and original Susan Taubes’s novels are, nearly 25 after her death. But I try in The Atlantic. The Atlantic Gal Beckerman

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