Djuna barnes

Before publishing the plays and novels she's now known for, women's rights advocate Djuna Barnes was a journalist and illustrator.

Djuna Barnes

Djuna Barnes | Amon Carter Museum of American Art

As Columbus celebrates 40 years of Pride, learn about the work of the Springfield-born photographer on display at the Columbus Museum of Art.

Djuna Barnes, The Book of Repulsive Women. 1915

Djuna Barnes, "Nightwood"

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Djuna Barnes

Drawing by Djuna Barnes, originally published in the New York Morning Telegraph Sunday Magazine, accompanying her article, “How the Villagers Amuse Themselves.” The original story reads in part: “With manicure set in his hip pocket and his nails shining like a Venetian tumbler from much surreptitious buffing on his moist palm, the villager walks across the tiled floor of the cafe. From his shoulders hangs a long Mephistophelian cape; this he unclasps slowly with long, white, convalescent…

Djuna Barnes

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Inscription: Signed in pencil, recto LR: "BERENICE // ABBOTT // PARIS // 1925"; titled and signed, verso UC: "Djuna Barnes-Photo by B. Abbott."; inscribed in pencil, verso UC: "D. Barnes // 5 Patching [sic] Place // N

That’s what e.e. cummings reportedly shouted out his window on Patchin Place, the West Village gated alley where he and fellow writer Djuna Barnes were neighbors for many overlapping years. C…

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American author Djuna Barnes carries a shopping bag and a cane as she walks along Greenwich Avenue, New York, New York, August 14, 1959.

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