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...Wisconsin knows her as a liberal in education (onetime regent of its University, her alma mater), as a progressive in politics (she took the stump in 1924 for the last "Fighting Bob'' La Follette), as a humanitarian writer with many a past and present protege (David Gordian, Anzia Yezierska, the late Margery Latimer Toomer et al.). Other books: Birth, Friendship Village, Bridal Pond, Portage, Wisconsin, and Other Essays...
SALOME OF THE TENEMENTS-Anzia Yezierska-Boni ($2.00). A flaming Polish Jewess, from New York's ghetto, marries a highly refined settlement worker. After a stormy interval she finds him insufficiently passionate and turns to one of her own race. The world as she sees it is the theme of the book. The author knows her subject at first hand and makes it surpassingly vivid...
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