Benjamin Johnson, Erika Jo Brown Beatrice Hastings

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Edited by Benjamin Johnson and Erika Jo Brown. "A principal member of the 'dark' avant-garde the many artists marginalized even from the margins, often because of their social and political extremes Beatrice Hastings wielded over a dozen noms de guerre (among them, Beatrice Hastings) and all with searing wit and considerable stylistic precision. And she had opinions strong ones on everything from motherhood (no) to war (no) to Futurism (maybe) to outrageous hats (definitely). A woman at the head of her time with a passionate commitment to progressive culture, she lived as vigorously and vehemently as possible. Her tone and turns of phrase take us back to the early years of radical European experimentalism with a truly uncommon vivacity." Cole Swensen