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The Queer Tendency of The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam

An interview with author Lana Lin on reimagining Gertrude Stein’s modernist landmark

July 14, 2026 • by Lana Lin and Katie Pruden

Upon its publication in 1933, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas launched author Gertrude Stein into commercial success and placed her as a crucial figure of modernism. Under the guise of an "autobiography," Stein wrote about herself and the Paris salon scene through the voice of her lifelong partner, Alice ...

The Queer Tendency of The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam

Behind the scenes of Becoming Bohemia: Greenwich Village, 1912–1923

We have really rich, deep collections of materials related to Greenwich Village, especially dealing with this period of the Village's history. When the wider public thinks of Bohemias or avant-garde settings, especially from that time period, the early twentieth century, their thoughts might gravitate towards Paris in the 1920s, or ...