With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
A contributor to magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Harper’s Magazine and Ladies Home Journal starting around 1905, Weston wrote popular fantasy and pseudo-science fiction stories. His best known work, “His First Million Women: The Story of the World’s Only Fertile Man,” was published in 1934. Weston lived in Plainfield.