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A look at the life of the radical novelist and journalist.
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Although she died in almost total obscurity, during the 1930s Josephine Herbst (1892-1969) was widely regarded as one of the most important women writers in America. In this exceptional literary biography, Elinor Langer explores Herbst's affairs with men and women, her associations with prominent literary figures of the twenties and thirties, her activities on behalf of the Communist party, and her knowledge of the Alger Hiss case.
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