Van Vechten
Americannoun
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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
“Breaking up and reconstituting California into three separate parts would be more complicated than Brexit,” Van Vechten said.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2018
“Harlem Heroes” presents black and white photographs by Van Vechten, the author and social commentator, that span 30 years and feature major figures of the Harlem Renaissance as well as athletes, political figures and social leaders.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2016
In the show’s most chilling wink, he makes the white Harlem Renaissance gadfly Carl Van Vechten into a villainous scold who attacks the show while damning it to irrelevance.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
Mrs. Van Vechten knew how useless it would be to remonstrate with him, and she gave up the contest, mentally resolving that "Ben should not pass his college vacations there."
From Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error by Mary Jane Holmes
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