It rhymes.” Whether you think it’s good poetry or bad, it’s riotously good fun. Burroughs replied “Of course it’s poetry. Also find Hardcover Softcover First Edition Signed. More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks. The poem was a success notwithstanding, and perhaps in part due to, the controversy surrounding the work. The Wild Party is now given new life and expression, with Marchs text accompanied by more than 75 remarkable drawings by Art Spiegelman. This edition of Joseph Moncure Marchs long narrative poem The Wild Party features illustrations by the creator of Maus, Art Spiegelman. Published in 1926 1 by Pascal Covici, Inc., the poem was widely banned, first in Boston, 2 for having content viewed as lewd. Joseph Moncure March (J February 14, 1977) was an American poet, screenwriter, and essayist, best known for his long narrative poems The Wild Party and The Set-Up. Spiegelman said he didn’t know if it was a good poem, a bad poem, or poetry at all. The Wild Party is a book-length narrative poem, written by Joseph Moncure March, who also wrote The Set-Up. Spiegelman also wrote an introduction to the book in which he recounts a discussion he had about the poem with William Burroughs, also a fan.

Dancers cast huge shadows against candle lit walls. Based on the 1926 poem by Joseph Moncure March. Burr’s clown face grimaces on a vaudeville poster. Anderson Theatre are continuing their 2022 concert series with the hit Andrew Lippa musical, THE WILD PARTY. Art Spiegelman’s sinister and witty black-and-white drawings give charged new life to Joseph Moncure March’s The Wild Party, a lost classic from 1928.The inventive and varied page designs offer perfect counterpoint to the staccato tempo of this hard-boiled jazz-age tragedy told in syncopated rhyming couplets. The edition I have is illustrated by Art Spiegelman.

The candles flared” the shadows sprang tall, The character’s are straight out of a gangster’s speakeasy: Queenie “was a blond, and her age stood still” and her lover Burrs was “A clown, Of renown: Three-sheeted all over town.” The plot is predicted by the title of the book, Queenie decides to throw a party and as the alcohol flows things get out of hand. Written in 1928, it is a fun jazz-age piece. This book length poem almost has to be read out loud to get the full effect.

The wild party by joseph moncure march