The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, November 1st, 2006
The True Story of Alice B. Toklas: A Study of Three Autobiographies
by Anna Linzie
University of Iowa Press. 230 pages, $34.95
WAS ALICE B. TOKLAS really the author of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, which was supposedly written by Gertrude Stein? Did she prevail upon Stein to adopt a more accessible writing style--or quietly alter the style when she transcribed Stein's handwritten manuscript--so that the couple would finally be able to cash in on a best seller, with a subsequent U.S. lecture tour? Why do Toklas' typing exercises, made when she was getting used to a new typewriter a...
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