Ms. June Where is the girl of June who skipped and ran along the feather lane of birdy hill? I’d like to give her my last daffodil. She’s lost on river road where she began. A “girlie calendar” makes one think of men’s lockers, walls of auto repair shops or a military barracks: They’re typically […]
Author: Cassandra Langer
Art historian and critic Cassandra Langer became the accidental biographer of Romaine Brooks when a search to uncover the artist’s aesthetics led her to rethink the flawed narrative of Brooks’ life. After decades of research, her work led to the discovery of authentic source material never before translated from the original French. These discoveries turn history on its head to reveal a very different Brooks from the dark, subversive, and antisocial image painted by biographers. Langer's biography, Romaine Brooks: A Life, is forthcoming from the University of Wisconsin Press.