Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin; Writers Running Wild in the Twenties.BOBBED HAIR AND BATHTUB GIN bathtub gin n. Homemade gin. Noun 1. bathtub gin - homemade gin especially that made illegally gin - strong liquor flavored with juniper berries ; WRITERS RUNNING WILD IN THE TWENTIES. Marion Meade. 2004. Read by Lorna Raver. 9 cds. 11 hrs. Blackstone Audiobooks. 0-7861-8298-9. $81.00. Vinyl; content, author notes. A The lives, loves, witty remarks, anxieties, literary output, and tragedies of Zelda Fitzgerald Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (July 24, 1900 - March 10, 1948), born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama, was the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, whom she married in 1920. She published an autobiographical novel, Save Me the Waltz, in 1932. , Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. , Dorothy Parker, and Edna Ferber are exhaustively detailed in this catty cat·ty 1 adj. cat·ti·er, cat·ti·est 1. Subtly cruel or malicious; spiteful: a catty remark. 2. Catlike; stealthy. , chatty chat·ty adj. chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est 1. Inclined to chat; friendly and talkative. 2. Full of or in the style of light informal talk: a chatty letter. , gossipy, engaging story. During that decade Dorothy Parker is fired by Vanity Fair as its drama critic and her marriage to a drunk and morphine addict is not a happy one. Edna St. Vincent Millay has sexual encounters with any man available, gets pregnant, has an abortion and is depressed for some reason; Zelda Fitzgerald marries Scott, runs up huge hotel bills, shops till she drops, and loses her mind. Edna Ferber lives in a hotel with her mother, writes successful fiction with difficulty, writes plays that fail, and frets over her lack of money and her ugliness. This is an excellent book for AP English/ history students interested in the decade. Raver reads with verve, bringing to life these remarkable women and their peers. Janet Julian, English Teacher, Grafton, MA A--Recommended for advance students and adults. This code will help librarians and teacher working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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