Word: woolcott
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...writing of the critics that Mr. Brown is most entertaining and keen. He speaks of criticism as that "lean-to in literature." Woolcott. Young and Nathan who wrote of the modern sex play as "The Adventures of Phallus in Wonderland" are all considered in the light of their critical idiosyncrasies. This section is one of the high spots in the book...
...transferred to the Tribune, he thought up his heading "The Conning Tower" to be non committal, "so that whatever I printed would not seem incongruous." The Tower was transplanted in 1922 to the World, where it shared the feature page with Heywood Broun and Critic Alexander Woolcott until they departed. The Tower's following is a loyal one and accounts for much of the World's circulation among sophisticates. Famed contributors include Colyumist Adams' good friends Ring Lardner, John Held Jr., Dorothy Parker, Sigmund Spaeth, Groucho Marx, Samuel Hoffenstein, Arthur Guiterman, Newman Levy. Author-Lawyer Levy ("Flaccus...