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The latest episode of our podcast on Fitzgerald stories has just gone live. Join us for a discussion of the very peculiar attempt at crime fiction that is "The Fiend" (from Esquire in January 1935---87 years ago this month!). Special thanks to James Nagel for offering his vocal talents and enduring our attempts at humor.
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The Fiend - Master the 40: The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Of all the commercial genres F. Scott Fitzgerald attempted in his stories (romance, moral tales, even fantasy and supernatural fiction), he was probably least adept at crime writing. That may seem odd considering The Great Gatsby's influence on th...
As we celebrate the centennials of 1922, we wanted to share with you this great poem from Australian author Kevin Densley about the Fitzgeralds' daughter, Scottie. There's a link below Kevin's poem where you can learn more about his writing. We're always happen to spotlight creative work about Scott and Zelda!
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Frances Scott ‘Scottie’ Fitzgerald with some of her children, showing them paper dolls made by her mother, Zelda. (Source: Wikipedia.)ah love this. thanks for sharing. really lovely and tres Fitzgerald world
Anyone know where FSF picked up the trick he gave Scottie to remember British monarchs in order?
As if we need further proof that 2022 is a boffo year for Fitzgerald anniversaries, our Saint Paul friend Danny Klecko reminds us that this famous bit of Fitzgerald history occurred exactly 100 years ago today!
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Happy 2022! The centennial of a lot of great Fitzgerald works: The Beautiful and Damned, "The Popular Girl," "Winter Dreams," Tales of the Jazz Age, zelcetera, zelcetera....
As we gear up for some major announcements we wanted to put out the call for the American Literature Association in Chicago in late May. We have two Fitzgerald panels to fill and would love to see your proposals! See the CFP in the comments section!
We want to wish a not-quite-last-minute season's greetings to all the F. Scott Fitzgerald fans out there and offer a humble gift: our latest episode of Master the 40: The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald. This one is on the 1920 story "Porcelain and Pink"---actually a "playlet" or mini-theatrical intended for vaudeville, with a slight dash of bawdy burlesque. We hope this episode helps digest your turkey and figgy pudding!
"Porcelain and Pink" - Master the 40: The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Just when you thought your stocking couldn't get any more stuffed this Christmas, we're slipping underneath your holly jolly to drop our second episode of season two. "Porcelain and Pink" appeared in the January 1920 issue of The Smart Set, one mo...Greetings from our president, Jackson Bryer!
Board member Erin Templeton during the summer of 2019 in the room in which Scott and Zelda stayed in 1926 in Salies-de-Béarn, France:
Two of our members from Brasil, Marcela Lanius and Roberta Fabbri Viscardi, also in Salies-de-Béarn in 2019 (the last time we could all be together!):
