Tender Buttons

Name: Tender Buttons
Author: Gertrude Stein

by Gertrude Stein

Experimental prose poem exploring domestic objects and textures through language

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Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was a central figure in the Parisian avant-garde who experimented radically with repetition, rhythm, and syntax to challenge conventional narrative. Her Paris salon nurtured Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and other Lost Generation writers.

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