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Inspirational Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

By | On May 23, 2017 | Updated March 17, 2023 | Comments (0)

Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. As a child, she grew up in China, which influenced writings and world view. Always a humanitarian, ever a feminist, here are inspirational quotes by Pearl S. Buck for you to ponder and enjoy.

Pearl Buck started multiple foundations, including the East West Foundation, the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, and the Welcome House. (photo at right courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

She received the Pulitzer Prize and Howells medal for her most widely read novel, The Good Earth. But it’s a disservice to readers to stop at this much-studied classic. See her incredibly prolific bibliography.

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Dorothy Parker’s Review of Ice Palace by Edna Ferber

By | On May 23, 2017 | Updated October 17, 2022 | Comments (0)

It’s always fascinating to come upon  a review by one classic author of the work of another. In this case, Dorothy Parker’s review of Ice Palace by Edna Ferber (1957), one of her behemoth later novels, gets the acid-penned treatment. 

Of the two authors, Parker is the one who has been more enduring; in their time, Ferber was one of the richest, most successful writers of the mid-twentieth century, something to which Parker hilariously eludes.

Keep in mind that when Ice Palace was published in 1957, Alaska was not yet a state (that would imminently happen in 1959). Read More→

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