Happy bookish birthdays (29 July) to…
- Booth Tarkington (The Magnificent Ambersons) (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)
- Don Marquis (archy and mehitabel) (at AmazonSmile*)
- Chester Himes (the Harlem Detectives series) (at AmazonSmile*)
- Adele Griffin (The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone) (at AmazonSmile*)
- Sharon Creech (Walk Two Moons) (at AmazonSmile*)
- Mary Lee Settle (Blood Tie) (at AmazonSmile*)
- Amy S. Foster (the Rift Uprising trilogy) (at AmazonSmile*)
- Edwin O’Connor (The Edge of Sadness) (at AmazonSmile*)
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July 29, 2018 at 3:50 pm |
I first discovered and fell in love with “archy and mehitabel” in a college speech class when one of the other students did a reading of “the song of mehitibel.” The older I get, the more I appreciate the words:
“my youth i shall never forget
but there s nothing i really regret
wotthehell wotthehell
there s a dance in the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours gai”
August 4, 2018 at 9:39 pm |
Thanks for writing, Lady!
Absolutely! archy and mihitabel was a real pioneer in taking the trappings of children’s entertainment (talking animals, rhymes), and using them to express adult themes. That’s not to say that cartoons (including Mickey Mouse and Looney Tunes) didn’t appeal to adults, but expressing mature concerns wasn’t their main goal.
I can’t reproduce my favorite poem because it is very short (so I’d certainly fall outside of Fair Use), but I’m not sure most people would expect to find a favorite poem in the
Stoogism Anthology
where much of the content is actually focused on The Three Stooges. 🙂