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Who Is Don Marquis?
The Kardashians? A Century Late and a Dollar Short
When the reality TV show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” first appeared, in 2007, Americans justifiably wondered who in the hell were these dysfunctional egotists and why did they deserve Continue Reading →
‘Letters We’d Write if We Dared to’
Don Marquis used his newspaper columns to poke fun at popular fads and conventions of the day. Reincarnation and free-verse poetry were skewered with every mention of Archy and Mehitabel, Continue Reading →
Photos From ‘archy and mehitabel’ (1954)
Here are publicity photos of Eddie Bracken and the inimitable Carol Channing taken during the studio recording of “archy and mehitabel: a back-alley opera,” a 1954 concept album by writer Continue Reading →
‘The Wooden Indian’s Story’
Another forgotten bit of silliness: In January 1910, Don was settling into his first solid newspaper job in New York City after weeks of frustration. He had arrived from Atlanta Continue Reading →
Don Tells the Story of ‘Moister Oysters’
Many of Don Marquis’ funniest pieces have never been published in books. Unless they involved Archy or Mehitabel, or the Old Soak, almost none of the sketches, poems and smart-aleck Continue Reading →
We’re Back Online at Last
We apologze for the months-long delay in getting DonMarquis.com back online after cascading technical snafus knocked it off the Internet in mid-2012. We have a backlog of stories and photos to Continue Reading →
there is luxury in self-reproach
“There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.” — Don Marquis
the trouble with the public
“The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.” — Don Marquis
the sort of man who brags
“The sort of man who brags about his ancestors is never bragged about by his descendants.” — Don Marquis