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Joseph Moncure March (July 27, 1899 – February 14, 1977) was an American poet, screenwriter, and essayist, best known for his long narrative poems The Wild Party and The Set-Up.
Apr 3, 2024 · Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977) had his day and faded. Not that he shone all that brightly when he published The Wild Party in 1926. But the book-length poem was one of those racy productions that never quite died away after its first burst of scandalous success.
Joseph Moncure March was born on 27 July 1899 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Hell's Angels (1930), Her Jungle Love (1938) and The Wild Party.
Jun 19, 1994 · ART AND VERSE with excerpts from Joseph Moncure March's poem "The Wild Party" with illustrations by Art Spiegelman.
Apr 17, 1977 · Not only is Joseph Moncure March barely known to the younger generations of writers, critics and academics, but he is also scarcely remembered by the older generation. There is one interesting...
Jun 19, 1994 · Joseph Moncure March is Contributor on The New Yorker. Read Joseph Moncure March's bio and get latest news stories and articles. Connect with users and join the conversation at The...
Feb 16, 1977 · Joseph Moncure March, a poet and screenwriter, died Monday in a Los Angeles nursing home. He was 78 years old and lived in Los Angeles. Mr. March's works included two narrative poems, “The...
After serving in World War I and graduating from Amherst College (where he was a protégé of Robert Frost), March worked as managing editor for The New Yorker in 1925, and helped create the magazine's "Talk of the Town" front section.
Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977) was the first managing editor of The New Yorker, and helped create the magazine’s Talk of the Town front section. After leaving the magazine, March wrote the first of his two important Jazz Age narrative poems, The Wild Party.
Joseph Moncure March (1899-1977) wrote his daring, electrically charged poem "The Wild Party" in 1926, and saw it published two years later in a limited edition that became something of a success de scandal that was banned in Boston.
