I think a Lena Dunham does not think, “is this too much of me?”
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the other end of the spectrum, there lies an artist like Lena Dunham, who engages in a flaunting of the flawed self.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My editor called and said, “Do a column on this Lena Dunham flap!”
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet, after flipping through Not That Kind of Girl, I do begin to understand what “this Lena Dunham flap” is about.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The only Lena I know of is Lena Horne, a wonderful performer, who is not involved in any flaps, and who is also dead.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lena gave her heart away when she felt like it, but she kept her head for her business and had got on in the world.
My Antonia|Willa Cather
"Necessarily, no doubt," Lena said, with an idea of easing her sister's stupefaction by a sarcasm foreign to her sentiments.
Vittoria, Complete|George Meredith
"'Cept what they did to help us," the more conscientious Lena would add, as she pointed to Margaret or me.
Christmas-Tide|Elizabeth Harrison
Naturally she was still the prime favourite with Lena and Eva, and gloried in that fact.
The Torch Bearer|I. T. Thurston
To this lugubrious declaration Lena Rook yielded ready assent.
The Fatal Cord|Mayne Reid
British Dictionary definitions for Lena
Lena
/ (ˈliːnə, Russianˈljɛnə) /
noun
a river in Russia, rising in S Siberia and flowing generally north through the Sakha Republic to the Laptev Sea by an extensive delta: the longest river in Russia. Length: 4271 km (2653 miles)