Myron Brinig memoirs, circa 1980s.

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Myron Brinig memoirs, circa 1980s.

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This collection consists of two versions of Brinig's unpublished memoir. The older version is titled "Someone at the Door: Memoirs of an Outsider." In 1981, Brinig brought this memoir to Earl Ganz to edit for publication. They titled the updated version "Love from a Stranger." Both manuscripts recount Brinig's Jewish heritage, his early life as a writer and work in the Hollywood film industry and his time spent in Taos with other writers and artists including, Cady Wells, Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence and Mabel Dodge Luhan. Also, in the memoirs Brinig openly discusses his homosexuality, a fact he kept private most of his life. Using Brinig's memoirs, Earl Ganz published a novel in 2006 called The Taos Truth Game, which is based on Brinig's time in Taos and his relationship with Cady Wells.

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Brinig, Myron, 1897-1991

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American novelist. From the description of Letter : to Tony [Price], 1933 June 11. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648369 Myron Brinig, a Jewish-American writer, published twenty-one novels between 1929 and 1958. He is remembered for being one of the first authors to create homosexual characters. A homosexual himself, he remained publicly closeted all of his life. Born in Minneapolis on December 22, 1896,...

Wells, Cady, 1904-1954

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Painter; Santa Fe, N.M. From the description of Cady Wells papers, 1913-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82223563 Wells was a noted artist who spent most of his career in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the description of Cady Wells collection, 1940-1970. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37497630 Henry Cady Wells was born November 15, 1904 into a wealthy family in Massachusetts. He received a private education, was artistic...

Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962

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Mabel Ganson was born on February 20, 1879 in Buffalo, New York. She was sent to the finest boarding schools in Buffalo and Manhattan. While living in Florence, Italy and later in Greenwich Village with her second husband, Edwin Dodge, she became known for her reputation for socializing and people gathering. After Mabel and Edwin Dodge divorced, she married artist Maurice Sterne in 1916. They moved to Santa Fe, and then Taos. Antonio Luhan became her fourth husband in 1923. It was in Taos that M...

Lawrence, Frieda von Richthofen, 1879-1956

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Frieda Emma Johanna Maria von Richthofen was born on August 11, 1879 in Metz, France. In 1912, Frieda met David Herbert (D.H.) Lawrence, and they married in 1914. Frieda Lawrence was intimately involved with D.H. Lawrence's work. Facets of her personality are often discernable as components of characters in his poems and novels. After D.H. Lawrence's death in 1930, Frieda settled in New Mexico. Frieda died in Taos on August 11, 1956. From the guide to the Frieda Lawrence Photograph C...