Stiles, Custer’s Trial: A Life on the Frontier of a New America Sonia Purnell, Clementine: The Life of Mrs.In alphabetical order by title, the nominees are: From this list, the committee will choose a group of finalists from which members will vote for the winner. In addition, Curtis has conducted interviews with surviving artists and other individuals in Blaine's circle, including two of her longtime lovers.įeaturing illustrations of Blaine's work and snapshots of family and friends, Alive Still is a compelling narrative of a leading, productive, and passionate woman artist who overcame the setbacks of disability.BIO's Plutarch Award Committee has nominated ten books for the 2016 Plutarch Award, the international literary award presented to biography, by biographers.
In Alive Still, author Cathy Curtis tells the story of Blaine's life and career for the first time by investigating the ways her experience of illness colored her personality and the evolving nature of her work, the importance of her Southern roots, and the influence of her bisexuality (and, in the latter part of her life, long term lesbian relationships) on her understanding of the world.Īlive Still draws upon Blaine's unpublished diaries her published writing career-spanning interviews and reviews and correspondence to and from family members, lovers, and the artists, poets, publishers, rescuers in Greece, and neighbors she knew. Angry at being told she would never paint again, she taught herself to hold a brush with her left hand and regained her skill. Then, on a trip to Greece, Blaine developed polio, rendering her a paraplegic. Her shows received glowing reviews, ARTnews honored her with a lengthy feature article, and one of her paintings hung in the Whitney Museum. In her mid-thirties, her horizons seemed limitless.
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