When Kraft published The Restless Spirit: Journal of a Gemini, recounting her struggles to achieve individual freedom "as an artist who is a woman in a wealthy, sophisticated society," Carlos Baker, definitive biographer of Hemingway , wrote, "In the annals of confessional literature, Barbara Kraft's book stands out strongly because of her intelligence, her sharp perceptiveness, the power of her prose and the enthralling personal story she has to tell."
A review in the L.A. Times said, "There can be no question that this extraordinary journal is a work of excellence. Its poetic merit alone places it beyond the routine categories of thought and art...The Restless Spirit will undoubtedly be "a valuable document in the history of woman's evolution." So Anaïs Nin, the ultimate woman diarist and the author's own mentor and teacher predicts."
When Kraft published The Restless Spirit: Journal of a Gemini, recounting her struggles to achieve individual freedom "as an artist who is a woman in a wealthy, sophisticated society," Carlos Baker, definitive biographer of Hemingway , wrote, "In the annals of confessional literature, Barbara Kraft's book stands out strongly because of her intelligence, her sharp perceptiveness, the power of her prose and the enthralling personal story she has to tell."
A review in the L.A. Times said, "There can be no question that this extraordinary journal is a work of excellence. Its poetic merit alone places it beyond the routine categories of thought and art...The Restless Spirit will undoubtedly be "a valuable document in the history of woman's evolution." So Anaïs Nin, the ultimate woman diarist and the author's own mentor and teacher predicts."