{"id":60262,"date":"2024-04-18T10:13:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=60262"},"modified":"2024-04-19T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:59:19","slug":"a-marathon-reading-gertrude-steins-the-making-of-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2024\/04\/a-marathon-reading-gertrude-steins-the-making-of-americans.html","title":{"rendered":"<font size=\"+1\"><em>A Marathon Reading<\/em><\/font> <br>Gertrude Stein&#8217;s <em>The Making of Americans<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>My staff of thousands thinks of it as the &#8220;Moby-Dick&#8221; of modernism.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GERTRUDE-STEIN-READING-partiipants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"285\" data-attachment-id=\"60260\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/gertrude-stein-reading640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gertrude-stein-reading640.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,285\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gertrude stein reading(640)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gertrude-stein-reading640.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gertrude-stein-reading640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60260\" title=\"CLICK TO SEE THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gertrude-stein-reading640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gertrude-stein-reading640-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GERTRUDE-STEIN-READING-partiipants.jpg\">Click to see the list of participants.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The_Making_of_Americans-bdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"584\" data-attachment-id=\"60274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/the_making_of_americans-bdr\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The_Making_of_Americans-bdr.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"440,584\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The_Making_of_Americans (bdr)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The_Making_of_Americans-bdr.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The_Making_of_Americans-bdr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The_Making_of_Americans-bdr.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The_Making_of_Americans-bdr-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Making_of_Americans\">Title page of the first edition published in 1925 by Contact Press and limited to 500 copies.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My staff of thousands thinks of it as the &#8220;Moby-Dick&#8221; 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