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“[On Ezra Pound:] A village explainer, excellent if you were a village, but if you were not, not.”

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Gertrude Stein, an American writer born on February 3, 1874, and died on July 27, 1946. She is renowned for her unique writing style and her influence on modernist literature. more

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