The Best of Ogden Nash
It's been more than thirty years since the appearance of a collection from America's laureate of light verse. Ogden Nash first gathered together an anthology of thirty years of his published works in 1959. In 1973 his daughters gathered more than four hundred of his poems and called it I Wouldn't Have Missed It, a quote from one of his verses. Now more poems have come to light, so his daughters have once again produced The Best of Ogden Nash, the definitive Nash anthology. The poems display...
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More of Ogden Nash's poems have come to light, both in the voluminous Nash collection at the University of Texas at Austin, and in family letters and papers. So his daughters have once again produced The Best of Ogden Nash, the definitive Nash anthology. Some of these new poems reveal a darker side of the poet; others are full of fun. But all display the talent of the man whose verse entranced America--and a good part of the world--from the time of the Great Depression until his death in 1971. While earlier collections were organized chronologically, The Best is arranged by subject matter: the subjects of Nash's poems cannot always be identified by his titles, so fans of a particular poem will not have to search for it in vain. Atlantic Monthly Clearly Ogden Nash is God's gift to the United States....Genuine comic talent is nearly priceless. Mr. Nash is our best literary comedian since Will Rogers. He has become, in a strictly Shakespearian sense, America's number one fool, though in any other sense he is nobody's fool.
\ Chattanooga Free PressOpen this book to any page and find guaranteed laughter.\ — Dr. Clif Cleaveland\ \ \ \ \ Chicago TribuneEven those of us inclined toward felines are captivated by Ogden Nash....Warmth and cleverness...makes it a perfect gift.\ — Elizabeth Taylor\ \ \ HarpersThe reader will find himself completely captivated by rhyming of such unexpected originality that his only comment is hearty laughter.\ \ \ \ \ Midwest Book ReviewAn outstanding, rare collection of works essential for any definitive poetry library.\ \ \ \ \ Saturday Review Of LiteratureHe has become a social necessity…. I have only one criterion for judging authors: how many are there without whom I could not possibly have lived until now? Ogden Nash is one of them.\ — Christopher Morley\ \ \ \ \ Tri-City Herald[An] affectionate look at Nash's life....Richly detailed with excerpts from family correspondence.\ \ \ \ \ Atlantic MonthlyClearly Ogden Nash is God's gift to the United States....Genuine comic talent is nearly priceless. Mr. Nash is our best literary comedian since Will Rogers. He has become, in a strictly Shakespearian sense, America's number one fool, though in any other sense he is nobody's fool.\ \ \ \ \ Chicago TribuneEven those of us inclined toward felines are captivated by Ogden Nash....Warmth and cleverness...makes it a perfect gift.\ —Elizabeth Taylor\ \ \ \ \ The New York TimesAs any fairly conducted Gallup poll will show, the average American heart leaps up when it beholds a new book by Ogden Nash. Few of our national bards, past or present, have so consistently, with so light and sure a touch, illuminated the inconsistencies and capriciousness of contemporary life.\ \
