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Bernardine in Old Shanghai
East-West Legacy

Bernardine in Old Shanghai

An Interview with Susan Blumberg-Kason: Part One

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Dec 02, 2023
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When I read

Katie Gee Salisbury
’s recent interview with
Susan Blumberg-Kason
over at Half-Caste Woman, their conversation rang a lost bell for me. Susan’s new biography, Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon, tells the story of Bernardine Fritz, who was like a cross between Gertrude Stein and the famous DC hostess Perle Mesta, except Bernardine was holding court in Shanghai from 1929 to 1937—the same …

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