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...Adult Evening with Shel Silverstein...
...remember Shel Silverstein from our numerous childhood encounters with his classic children’s stories, poetry and musical compositions. But what most of us don’t know is that Silverstein began his career in 1956 working for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Magazine. Strange to imagine that the man who brought us “A Light in the Attic,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” and “The Giving Tree” simultaneously drafted scandalously entertaining works for adults...
While Silverstein’s website is subtitled “The Official Site for Kids,” he seems comfortable embracing his somewhat seedier origins.“An Evening with Shel Silverstein” will feature his lesser-known, but equally delightful works, for the benefit of an uninitiated Harvard audience...
Playwright, singer, songwriter, cartoonist, Shel Silverstein was a jack-of-all-trades and the master of one--and the one was writing children's books. His freewheeling, provocative stories (The Giving Tree) and books of poetry (Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic), illustrated with his quirky line drawings, have sold more than 25 million copies. Thus a new Silverstein title is a signal event, especially if it comes six years after his death...
Sometimes even the photographic magic of Messrs. Soper and Brunner is not quite sufficient. That’s when FM begs our resident artiste, Scott, to conjure up an illustration or two. From cutout paper dolls of everyone’s favorite professorial stereotypes to the Shel Silverstein-inspired cover of this fall’s scrutiny on women and tenure, a Duquette creation never fails to amaze...