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Anyone wanting to know about Gertrude Stein's childhood, education, or what she liked for dinner is welcome to hop over to Wikipedia and find it out there.  They'll also have a list of the famous writers and artists who attended her salon, and fill you in on her personal life in general.  But I have focused here on the widespread difficulty people have in reading Stein: they simply don't know what to make of what she wrote.  This phenomenon is so strong that even English literature majors in college have often never been required to read a single work by Stein.  Stein is the most talked about and least read writer in the English language, a very curious phenomenon, and the reasons for that deserve looking at.
I think this article does need to include some of the other famous quotes attributed to Stein, including "A rose is a rose is a rose".  And so it's not done yet.  But anyone is welcome to contribute.  Just don't let's duplicate what already exists in Wikipedia.  I could read that entire article in Wikipedia without even getting a clue about why she is important in English literature.  If indeed she is.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] ([[User talk:Pat Palmer|talk]]) 03:24, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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 Definition:  American author (1874-1946) who lived in Paris, France, and is best remembered for creating deliberate linguistic conundrums. [d] [e]
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Anyone wanting to know about Gertrude Stein's childhood, education, or what she liked for dinner is welcome to hop over to Wikipedia and find it out there. They'll also have a list of the famous writers and artists who attended her salon, and fill you in on her personal life in general. But I have focused here on the widespread difficulty people have in reading Stein: they simply don't know what to make of what she wrote. This phenomenon is so strong that even English literature majors in college have often never been required to read a single work by Stein. Stein is the most talked about and least read writer in the English language, a very curious phenomenon, and the reasons for that deserve looking at.

I think this article does need to include some of the other famous quotes attributed to Stein, including "A rose is a rose is a rose". And so it's not done yet. But anyone is welcome to contribute. Just don't let's duplicate what already exists in Wikipedia. I could read that entire article in Wikipedia without even getting a clue about why she is important in English literature. If indeed she is.Pat Palmer (talk) 03:24, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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