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Continues to be extremely enjoyable to read what stories all these well known authors see in Hopper paintings.
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I'm REALLY enjoying this anthology! Unlike others, all of these stories (thus far) are extremely well written.
Here's the rub: the stories have to be read and enjoyed in context with the paintings. Out of context, most of them would lose a lot, I'd imagine.
— Feb 23, 2026 09:54AM
Here's the rub: the stories have to be read and enjoyed in context with the paintings. Out of context, most of them would lose a lot, I'd imagine.
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I really enjoyed a short story "Mrs. Hopper is Waving Her Arms" by Alice Jolly in her collection From Far Around They Saw Us Burn. It imagined the life of Josephine Nivison who sublimated her own art in order to support Edward Hopper. I wonder if any of the stories in this other collection talk about her?
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Alan (the Lone Librarian on semi-hiatus)) wrote: "I really enjoyed a short story "Mrs. Hopper is Waving Her Arms" by Alice Jolly in her collection From Far Around They Saw Us Burn. It imagined the life of Josephine Nivison who subl..."Yes, there is one, but it is a not exactly a story. It was written by the original curator of Hopper's works for the Whitney Museum. Mrs Hopper figures into that piece a bit.
None of the stories in this anthology deal with Hopper at all (except that one), or none have yet. They are all fictional takes on the images in particular paintings, not on the artist or his life.
Oh PS, Ian left another request for the Lone Librarian. Don't know if you've seen it or not. 👍
So glad you're enjoying the Hopper montage of stories, B. This one's high on my tbr and I'm hoping to put my hands on a hard copy soon! Were you able to get hold of a physical copy🧚♀️🙋🏼?
Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "So glad you're enjoying the Hopper montage of stories, B. This one's high on my tbr and I'm hoping to put my hands on a hard copy soon! Were you able to get hold of a physical copy🧚♀️🙋🏼?"
Yes, I was alerted to it through your adding it to your TBR. Thank you! Great find.
I'm reading a digital copy that includes images of the paintings, not a hard copy. You can't really read this without them!
The trick with this anthology, I think, is to view the story in conjunction with the painting. If you try to judge the story alone, many of them aren't going to rank too highly. They need the context. That seems to me to be the point of this book project from Block: visual + text.
I think a number of reviewers missed that and read this anthology like they would any other. Which has led to an overall rating that I don't think matches the quality of the contributions nor the idea.
