Beatrice Hastings: On the Life & Work of a Lost Modern Master

Poetry. Edited by Benjamin Johnson and Erika Jo Brown. "A principal member of the 'dark' avant-garde—the many artists marginalized even from the margins, often because of their social and political extremes—Beatrice Hastings wielded over a dozen noms de guerre (among them, Beatrice Hastings) and all with searing wit and considerable stylistic precision. And she had opinions—strong ones—on everything from motherhood (no) to war (no) to Futurism (maybe) to outrageous hats (definitely). A woma...