Movers and Shakers

by Mabel Dodge Luhan

The author shares her memories of life in Greenwich Village just prior to World War I, and the radical intellectual circle of John Reed Walter Lippman, Isadora Duncan, Emma Goldman, Margaret Sanger, and Bill Haywood

542 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1985

About the author

Mabel Evans Dodge Sterne Luhan was an American patron of the arts, who was particularly associated with the Taos art colony.

Reviews

[Troy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third volume of Mabel Dodge's autobiography, and covers her life, salons, and engagement with radical art and politics in New York City.

If you're interested in the turn of the century New York City art or the radical scene, this book is for you. If not, the book is still pretty good; Dodge is a good writer, knows how to tell a story, and she knew everyone 'Important' in the city, artist, writer, radical, dancer, whatever. That said, she also fills the book with tons of clippings from newspapers, letters, poems, etc., which are interesting, but which drags down on Dodge's interesting life story.

Really, the casual reader can pick up her edited biography. This is for completests and those who are doing research. But if you're interested in the time period at all, or interested in the life of someone deep in an artistic and radical scene, pick up the edited book.