Carl Van Vechten

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Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame as a writer, and notoriety as well, for his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. In his later years, he took up photography and took many portraits of notable people. Although he was married to women for most of his adult life, Van Vechten engaged in numerous homosexual affairs over his lifetime.

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Music after the Great War, and Other Studies
Representative edition published 2022
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The weary blues
Representative edition published 2022
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Firecrackers
Representative edition published 2022
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Lords of the Housetops
Representative edition published 2019
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The Borzoi 1920
Representative edition published 2018
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Lords of the Housetops
Representative edition published 2018
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The Blind Bow-Boy
Representative edition published 2018
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Interpreters
Representative edition published 2016
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Carl Van Vechten : 'O, Write My Name'
Representative edition published 2015
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The letters of Gertrude Stein and Carl Van Vechten, 1913-1946
Representative edition published 2013
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Peter Wiffle His Life and Works
Representative edition published 2009
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The splendid drunken twenties
Representative edition published 2007
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Music and bad manners
Representative edition published 2007
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In the garret
Representative edition published 2007
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The merry-go-round
Representative edition published 2007
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Peter Whiffle
Representative edition published 2007
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The tiger in the house
Representative edition published 2007
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Spider Boy a Scenario for a Moving Picture
Representative edition published 2005
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Remember Me to Harlem
Representative edition published 2002
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Nigger heaven
Representative edition published 2000
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Generations in Black and white
Representative edition published 1993
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Parties
Representative edition published 1993
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Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein
Representative edition published 1990
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Letters of Carl Van Vechten
Representative edition published 1987
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