Tomorrow is the 140th birthday of Sara Sherman Wiborg Murphy, one half of the amazing Jazz Age Lost Generation couple. I think that I first
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Rear View Mirror – My Week In Review
I decided to use the paintings of Gerald Murphy this weekend. His painting “Wasp and Pear” was the inspiration for my Tumblr page, I loved
The Golden Bowl Is Broken
I remember reading this letter years ago. I used to spend many rainy afternoons in the college library avoiding any course-related work by devouring the
Banned Books That Shaped America: The Great Gatsby
The Library of Congress created an exhibit, “Books that Shaped America,” that explores books that “have had a profound effect on American life.” Many of
Ernest Hemingway – Style Icon
Today is the birthday of Ernest Hemingway, born in Oak Park, Illinois (1899), the Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of such books as The Sun
Forget Your Personal Tragedy
On May 10th of 1934, a month after the publication of his new novel, Tender Is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to his friend,
Gerald And Sara Murphy – Style Icons
Gerald Clery Murphy and Sara Sherman Wiborg were wealthy, expatriate Americans who moved to the French Riviera in the early 20th century and who, with
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