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Van Vechten

American  
[van vek-tuhn] / væn ˈvɛk tən /

noun

  1. Carl, 1880–1964, U.S. author.


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“Breaking up and reconstituting California into three separate parts would be more complicated than Brexit,” Van Vechten said.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2018

The exhibition mines the museum's permanent collection for 39 photographs taken by author Carl Van Vechten.

From Washington Post Aug. 25, 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

During the 1920s her two favorite novelists were Joseph Hergesheimer and Carl Van Vechten.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2016

There was no lingering over the supper, good as it tasted, and before twilight deepened into 279 misty gray, Peter Van Vechten had said good-by to the Motor Maids and Miss Campbell.

From The Motor Maids Across the Continent by Katherine Stokes

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