Christopher Howse

How much can you tell about E.E. Cummings from this photo?

Goffredo Fofi's Portrait of the Writer argues that a photo reveals much about an author. I'm not sure

E.E. Cummings, ‘looking like a plainsman fresh out of the barbers after delivering 300 head of Texas longhorns’. Credit: Getty Images
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  • Portrait of the Writer: Literary Lives in Focus

    Goffredo Fofi

    Thames & Hudson, pp. 512

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