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fromThe New Yorker
4 days ago

Alexandra Schwartz on Joan Acocella's "The Frog and the Crocodile"

Acocella's essay deals with the improbable five-year affair between the Left Bank philosopher Simone de Beauvoir and the tough-guy Chicago writer Nelson Algren-its title comes from their pet names for each other-and was occasioned by the posthumous publication of Beauvoir's love letters. Acocella begins with a block quote from one of the letters, a rarely attempted flex that may be the critic's equivalent of opening a song with the bridge.
Arts
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 weeks ago

STAMPS, SEX AND SECOND SEX

Simone de Beauvoir's letters to Nelson Algren reveal an emotionally layered, linguistically adventurous private self that shaped the premises of The Second Sex.
Philosophy
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

A night at Maison Colbert: How the Paris residence of Simone de Beauvoir became a luxury hotel

Maison Colbert houses Simone de Beauvoir's former top-floor suite where she wrote The Second Sex; the Neoclassical residence is now a luxury hotel.
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