Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit

An ongoing digital archive of 1,399 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.

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  • A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

    by Evelyn Waugh

    “It would be a dull world if we all thought alike.”

  • Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London’s Jazz Age

    Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London’s Jazz Age

    by D.J. Taylor

    “This is a characteristic image from the Bright Young People’s world: the thought of sorrowing in sunlight, good times gone, the myriad champagne corks bobbing away on a stream turned unexpectedly chill.”

  • Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch

    Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch

    by Alexandra Jacobs

    “I figured the only way to make people love me was to be a million laughs.”

  • The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History

    The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History

    by Robin Givhan

    “The evening of Wednesday, November 28, 1973, as guests began arriving at Versailles, the palace glowed under a full moon and through a scrim of light snow—the first dusting of the season. Red uniformed, saber-wielding gendarmes flanked the gilded palace gates, along with some four hundred footmen in eighteenth-century white powdered wigs and livery. Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, dressed in green, ostrich-trimmed gown by Yves Saint Laurent and with solitary diamonds pinned in her thick hair greeted guests; brushing kisses on the cheeks of the French and offering handshakes to the Americans.”

  • Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant

    Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant

    by Philip Hoare

    “Well, some men, I think, do want to look pretty. And nicer still, beautiful!”

  • Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity

    Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity

    by Robert Beachy

    “The men in the bar—there were no women—came from all walks of life and included tradesmen, merchants, and professionals. What drew them to Seeger’s Restaurant was the opportunity to meet men who preferred men, for love or sociability, and to do so in a safe environment.”