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BEAU NASH.(Ogden Nash)(Brief Article)
Ogden Nash hasn't been around for a while, but the need for him remains steady. Readers who counted on him for more than forty years in these pages--this one, at least--still instinctively look for the restorative Nashian couplet or clarifying stanza about today's water-quaffers, navel-piercers, abs-flaunters, and cell-gabblers, not to mention the assertive S.U.V., the forty-room beach cottage, and "could care less." Born a hundred years ago next month, Nash looked and dressed like a bond salesman or an advertising man (he tried both, briefly), but he made his name and a nice living as a serious practitioner of light verse: the best of his time. His ...
- The Imaginary Autocrat: Beau Nash and the Invention of Bath.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review December 1, 2005 700+ words
The Imaginary Autocrat: Beau Nash and the Invention of Bath. John Eglin. Profile Books. [pounds...adventures of Richard Nash (1674-1761), known to history as 'Beau Nash', are 'a mixture of fact and legend'. His fame is based on...
- Hotel Crescent Court and Beau Nash. (F&B People).(Jean-Marie Dubos named...
- Magazine article from: Hotels Oliva, Rebecca February 1, 2003 700+ words
Hotel Crescent Court and Beau Nash, Dallas, appoints Jean-Marie Dubos executive chef ...
- Literary Arts Series Continues With Issuance of Ogden Nash Postage Stamp.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 19, 2002 700+ words
...the U.S. Postal Service honors poet Ogden Nash on the centennial of his birth. The...Governors, who will dedicate the stamp. "Ogden Nash is a wonderful addition to this series...Because of his unique style, many consider Ogden Nash to have been one of the most accomplished...
- Ogden Nash
- Picture from: Archive Photos October 30, 1962 700+ words
Archive Photos 10-30-1962 Ogden Nash Humor writer Ogden Nash, perched on the edge of a sofa, seems too sedate to...authors. writers. humorists. poets. Humor writer Ogden Nash, perched on the edge of a sofa, seems too sedate to...
- After Ogden Nash.(KICKSHAWS)(Poem)
- Magazine article from: Word Ways Morice, David May 1, 2009 700+ words
This poem, dedicated to Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, is my take off on Ogden Nash's poem beginning "The one-1 lama, he's a priest ..." AFTER OGDEN NASH The one-k Baker, he's a cook. The two-k Bakker, he's a crook. But...
- The soul of wit.(Ogden Nash: The Life & Work of America's Laureate of Light...
- Magazine article from: New Criterion Mullen, Alexandra June 1, 2005 700+ words
Douglas M. Parker Ogden Nash: The Life & Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse...Dee, 336 pages, $27.50 For me, at any rate, the name "Ogden Nash" brings a smile to the lips and an itch to quote. Some poems...
- Ivan R. Dee.(A Higher Form Of Cannibalism?)(Ogden Nash: The Life and Work of...
- Magazine article from: The Bookwatch July 1, 2005 700+ words
...Chicago, IL 60622 1-800-462-6420 www.ivanrdee.com Ogden Nash is known for his quick, light poems and verse which packs...appreciation for his poems and background in Douglas M. Parker's Ogden Nash: The Life And Work Of America's Laureate Of Light Verse...
- A husband who could make a living from light verse; Ogden Nash had fun with...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor April 26, 2005 700+ words
...Roderick Nordell Pulitzer Prize poet Marianne Moore wrote to Ogden Nash about a book by him: "I thought I'd put a little mark...well as the delights of the poet - in Douglas Parker's "Ogden Nash: The Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse...
