MabelDodgeLuhan’sIntimateMemoriesoffersthebrilliantlyeditedmemoirsofonewoman’srebellionagainst“thewholeghastlysocialstructure“underwhichtheUnitedStateshadbeenburiedsincetheVictorianera.LuhanfledtheGildedAgeprisonoftheupperclassestoleadalifeofnotorietyamongEuropeandAmerica’sleadingartists,writers,andsocialvisionaries--amongthemD.H.Lawrence,GertrudeStein,andJohnReed.IntimateMemoriesdetailsLuhan’sassemblageofaseriesofutopiandomainsaimedatcuringthemalaiseofthemodernageandshowsLuhannotjustasavisionaryhostessbutasatalentedandimportantwriter.
