Van Vechten
Americannoun
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With Van Vechten, author of the controversial 1926 novel, “Nigger Heaven,” comes the question of how white patronage impacted the cultural output of the era.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
He provides as examples the work of writers Carl Van Vechten, Flannery O’Connor and Mark Twain, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, comedian Lenny Bruce and a number of others.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
Portrayed by the R&B star Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, she looks as if she’s stepped out of a Carl Van Vechten portrait, oozing confidence and sly intelligence.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
Ultimately, Van Vechten said, there might not be much to worry about — as such a split would be the first division of a state since the founding of West Virginia in 1863.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2018
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman's daughter, Mrs. J. Van Vechten Olcott, is as beloved in her generation as her mother was before her.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
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