Gertrude Stein Gave Me A Headache

I had about 150 pages of reading to do before class tonight. But only Tender Buttons was obscure and meaningless (?) enough to give me a headache. I can’t imagine pouring over this assortment of words and bizarre sentences trying to find meaning.

I hope I never have to.

Gertrude Stein may or may not have been a genius. But her work reeks of that inaccessibility that makes academics feel they have a purpose.

God I hate that.