Zadel Barnes

DB 's father, Wald Barnes , was a dilettante: a musician and composer, painter, novelist, and poet. He and his family were supported by his mother, Zadel Barnes , who encouraged her son's irresponsibility with...

DB 's paternal grandmother, Zadel Barnes , was a successful journalist, novelist, and poet, whose work appeared regularly in Harper's Bazaar and the Pall Mall Gazette. She travelled to England in the 1880s with...