Not Without Love: Memoirs
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (889 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1584653019 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The author offers a candid memoir of political, sexual and social awakening at a pivotal time in 20th century America. She has led a full life as a committed politcal activist, a fashion model and actress, a writer and the wife and confidante of the intellectual C.L.R. James.
"Insight into Political Sects" according to Werner Cohn. At first blush, there seems little to recommend these reminiscences of an elderly lady. It seems that some six decades ago she had quite a few husbands and even more lovers, and that these men, in turn, were not shy about sex with still other partners. The prose is plain. There are no literary pretensions, and, it would seem, there is little that a reader of today can gain by way of insight into the human condition by reading this book.But it so happens that Constance Webb is a one-time wife of the noted West Indian po. Kevin Killian said Better than REDS. As a love story, this one's better than the movie REDS with Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. As a book of memoirs, it's a little frustrating because it closes around 1960, right at the "first half of her life," as Constance Webb wrote. Perhaps she planned to write a sequel, but the recent announcement of her death makes us feel a great loss. She did manage to edit a book of her third husband's fairy stories for children, a wonderful boon for all those who enjoy great writing. Her third husband, after two inconsquential . "POLITICAL AND CULTURAL MEMOIR" according to Paul LeBlanc. An interesting, very thoughtful, seemingly quite honest memoir of an actress, model, author, and left-wing political activist from the 19POLITICAL AND CULTURAL MEMOIR An interesting, very thoughtful, seemingly quite honest memoir of an actress, model, author, and left-wing political activist from the 1930s-to-1960s. She was married, for a time, to the well-known Afro-Caribbean revolutionary and cultural critic C. L. R. James. What she has to say about James and many other personalities from this era provides valuable information and insights. There is something to be learned, too, from her reflections on life and relationships.. 0s-to-1960s. She was married, for a time, to the well-known Afro-Caribbean revolutionary and cultural critic C. L. R. James. What she has to say about James and many other personalities from this era provides valuable information and insights. There is something to be learned, too, from her reflections on life and relationships.
From Publishers Weekly Now in her 80s, Webb reminisces on a life in which she nursed California migrant farm workers, posed for Dal¡ and organized for the Socialist Worker's Party. Photos. She uses little primary source material and doesn't cite interviews with comrades or family members. While her interest was initially romantic, the two corresponded for nearly a decade before marrying briefly (and having a son together). She financed these activities by working as an actress and model, mingling with people like Walter Winchell and James Baldwin. But the author, who is white, is perhaps best known for her relationships with intellectual black activists and writers Richard Wright and C.L.R. Indeed, she obeyed the teenage Socialist boys growing up in Fresno, Calif., who sugges