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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Some Problems and Observations, Ann J. Lane, City University of New York, Agassiz Colloquium rm. at 4 p.m.
The facts of Perkins' life are plain to the point of austerity. The offspring of two old New England families, Perkins had a genteel suburban childhood in New Jersey, spent four years at Harvard, tried newspaper reporting for a while and then joined Scribner's. He married and...
Berg includes far too many familiar anecdotes about the depressions and binges of Perkins' famous authors. A law should be passed, in particular, banning any retelling of the booze-soaked Fitzgerald legend for at least 30 years. But it is easy to see why Berg had to fall back...
In the beginning, he championed Fitzgerald when the young author's work was considered too daring to print. Near the close of his life, the editor nudged James Jones down the thin red line that led to From Here to Eternity. Once he sensed the presence of talent, Perkins...
It is a pity that Perkins could not see the manuscript of his biography. He enjoyed finding promising young writers, and Berg, 28, is one of that small group. He might have indicated some cutting that the book as published could use. And although he would have been embarrassed by...