A Union Like Ours

After a chance meeting in 1924, scholar and activist F.O. Matthiessen and artist Russell Cheney fell in love and remained inseparable until Cheney’s death in 1945. Situating the couple’s private correspondence alongside other sources, Scott Bane tells the remarkable story of their relationship in the context of shifting social dynamics in the US.

Dupa o intalnire intamplatoare in 1924, savantul si activistul FO Matthiessen si artistul Russell Cheney s-au indragostit si au ramas inseparabili pana la moartea lui Cheney, in 1945.