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From the supplier: Analysis of the unusual relationship of Djuna Barnes and Charles Henri Ford and the differences in their sexual economies and safeties help in understanding Barnes's 'Behind the Heart' written for Ford. The emendation of 'boy' to 'groom' in the story takes on additional meaning in the context of their personal lives and relationships. The subtle exploration of erotic intimacy is in keeping with the 'scopophilia,' mutual pleasure in looking, revealed in their correspondence.

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Title: "A love from back of the heart": the story Djuna wrote for Charles Henri. (Charles Henri Ford) (Djuna Barnes)
Author: Mary Lynn Broe
Publication: The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1993
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: v13Issue: n3Page: p22(11)

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Artists From Mississippi, Sam Gilliam, James W. Washington, Jr., Fred Mitchell, Charles Henri Ford, J. Kim Sessums, Jack Spencer, Roy Lagrone. Excerpt: Sam Gilliam (b. November 30, 1933) is internationally recognized as one of America's foremost Color Field Painter and Lyrical Abstractionist artists. Gilliam, an African American, is associated with the Washington Color School and is broadly considered a Color field painter. His works have also been described as belonging to Abstract Expressionism and Lyrical Abstraction. He works on stretched, draped, and wrapped canvas, and adds sculptural 3D elements. He is recognized as the first artist to introduce the idea of a painted canvas hanging without stretcher bars c.1965, a major contribution to the Color Field School. Lately, he has worked with polypropylene, computer generated imaging, metallic and iridescent acrylics, hand-made paper, aluminum, steel, and plastic. Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and was the seventh of eight children to Sam and Estery Gilliam. The Gilliams moved to Louisville, Kentucky shortly after Sam was born. His father worked on the railroad, and his mother cared for the large family. Gilliam began painting in elementary school and received much encouragement from teachers. In 1951, Gilliam graduated from Central High School in Louisville. Gilliam served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958. He received his Bachelor and Masters degree of Fine Arts at the University of Louisville. In 1955, Gilliam had his first solo exhibition at the University of Louisville. He initially taught art for a year in the Louisville public schools. In 1962, he married Dorothy Butler, a Louisville native and a well-known journalist. That same year, Gilliam moved to Washingto... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3611647 ... Read more