false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172172482m/145286.jpg 145286 5 The ramshackle Brooklyn brownstone dubbed "February House" has itself been demolished, but the legacy of this literary bastion lives on in Sherill Tippins's wonderful account that, as the San Francisco Chronicle notes, is a "tribute to the location that gives it mythical status." This is the incredible story of an artistic fraternity that included, among others, Carson McCullers, W. H. Auden, Paul Bowles, and the famed burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee, all living together under one roof. In the one year of its existence, these burgeoning talents composed many of their most famous, iconic literary works while experiencing together a crucial historical moment America at the threshold of World War II. 140190 2005 February House: The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Brooklyn total:89|5:24|4:33|3:30|2:2|1:0| 89 346 198 22 0 1 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:03:44 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 17:54:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 11:14:13 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 05:37:46 -0700 2009 Barbara Tuchman's The Proud Tower and The Guns of August, Schlesinger's history of FDR's presidency, or fiction set in the period, I'm always draw...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:31:11 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:31:11 -0800 2009 The disparate personalities of February House, so called because many of the residents had birthdays in that month, makes for fascinating reading. By weaving together thorough biographies of 7 Middagh Street's artists-in-residence with interviews from surviving contemporaries, Tippins vividly recons...

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The Literary Life
The house at 7 Middagh Street, Brooklyn, was for one brief, shining moment, a literary Camelot. A group of creative geniuses produced some of their best work in the house. McCullers wrote The Member of the Wedding and Ballad of th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 12:28:02 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 16:38:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 18:10:16 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 18:14:31 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 23 11:48:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:50:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:04:46 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:04:54 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 13:23:52 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 13:24:06 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 07:09:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 12:44:03 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 07:09:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 09:08:57 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 09:20:58 -0700 2007
I loved hearing the portions of the book
where artists were wrestling and arguing over the issue
of the their role in society during war time.

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