Tedd Hawks (@teddhawks): "It’s often brushed under the rug in favor of the idea of the “isolated artist”, but the greats always had some kind of community to go to for support and creative renewal."

The app for independent voices

It’s often brushed under the rug in favor of the idea of the “isolated artist”, but the greats always had some kind of community to go to for support and creative renewal.

Hemingway fed off the creative energy of Paris in the 1920s, not to mention the writing advice of Gertrude Stein and Sherwood Anderson. (And what would Gertrude Stein have been without Alice B. Toklas?). Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston defined their unique voices alongside each other as leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance.

Grant Faulkner

Apr 6

12:52 PM

The app for independent voices

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