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layanglicana
Author of books on Calcutta, Delhi and Dar es Salaam, I am now blogging as a lay person about the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. I am also blogging about the effects of World War One on the village of St Mary Bourne, Hampshire.
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Tag Archives: Clifton Fadiman
Cheese: Clifton Fadiman
Cheese is milk’s leap towards immortality. Clifton Fadiman Any Number Can Play (1957)
Gertrude Stein: Clifton Fadiman
The mama of dada. Clifton Fadiman 1904- of Gertrude Stein, Party of One (1955) The image is Portrait of w:en:Gertrude Stein by w:en:Carl Van Vechten; public domain as part of the Creative Americans Collection donated to the Library of Congress. … Continue reading