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Original Title:	Archy and Mehitabel
ISBN:	0385094787 (ISBN13: 9780385094788)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America

Archy and Mehitabel Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

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When newspapers were the dominant medium, were fun, and didn't take themselves so goddam seriously, there were great columnists.

Don Marquis was one. archy was his alter ego, a cockroach with the soul of a poet who threw himself on the typewriter keys to express his thoughts. Hence no caps--you can't throw yourself on the caps key and a letter key at the same time. mehitabel was his unruly alley cat sidekick.

Great fun, and occasionally wise ("The human race may be doing the best it can, boss, but that's an explanation, not an excuse.")

There's also a musical version with David Wayne and Carol Channing. Very good, too.

Define Of Books Archy and Mehitabel

Title	:	Archy and Mehitabel
Author	:	Don Marquis
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	September 29th 1987 by Anchor (first published 1927)
Categories	:	Poetry. Fiction. Humor. Classics. Comedy

Rating Of Books Archy and Mehitabel

Ratings: 4.27 From 1414 Users | 155 Reviews

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Archy and Mehitabel door motif from the Brooklyn Public Library:

Archy and Mehitabel door motif from the Brooklyn Public Library:

So many good ones, but a couple of my favorite poems: the lesson of the mothi was talking to a moththe other eveninghe was trying to break intoan electric light bulband fry himself on the wireswhy do you fellowspull this stunt i asked himbecause it is the conventionalthing for moths or whyif that had been an uncoveredcandle instead of an electriclight bulb you wouldnow be a small unsightly cinderhave you no senseplenty of it he answeredbut at times we get tiredof using itwe get bored with the

Had I read the back of this book, I would have never read the book itself. A cockroach that writes poems on a typewriter and his cat friend---sounds insipid and revolting doesn't it? However this book is a marvelous oddity which strays far away from cutesiness. It's one of those works where the schtick doesn't take over the rest of the text. Granted, this was never MEANT to be a book in the first place--if I recall correctly this started out as something that showed up in newspapers.

First appearing in 1927 Don Marquis and his clever free verse poem of Archy and Mehitabel , Archy the mad typist "poet" cockroach and his kitty friend Mehitabel who was Cleopatra in her past life entertain the reader and remain a classic in American literature. So happy this was made available in digital format, always readily available to make me smile and chuckle endlessly. Archy "the lesson of the mothi was talking to a moththe other eveninghe was trying to break intoan electric light bulb

my best girlfriend and i loved this when we were in high school. archy is a cockroach who types by hopping from key to key on the typewriter, so he can't capitalize anything, and there are some punctuation marks he can't use. mehitabel is his feline friend. very clever and amusing.

I think I read this in High School. It was clever and fun. I have met other English Majors by making obscure references to this book. Apparently ONLY people who go on to be English Majors remember this work.