All posts tagged "Watch and Ward Society"
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8.7KArts and LeisureSeven Fun Facts About E.E. Cummings
Many school kids have a special affinity for e.e. cummings, who wrote about the circus and got away with funky punctuation, made-up...
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11.3K9Arts and LeisureFanny and Oliver, The Unlikely Pair Who Secured the Legacy of Walt Whitman
On July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman was first published – to widespread shock and awe. Today’s literary classic was 1855’s...
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8.8K5Arts and LeisureNaked Drunken Woman Gets Kicked Out of the Boston Public Library
It was the cause celebre of 1896: a statue of a naked drunken woman was gifted to the new Boston Public Library...
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12.0K13Arts and LeisureBanned in Boston No Longer: H.L. Mencken Stands Up to the Censors
H.L. Mencken in 1926 fought back against the overzealous censorship that inspired the catchphrase ‘Banned in Boston.’ He did it by getting...
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