"More In Sorrow" 1958 GIBBS, Wolcott

"More In Sorrow" 1958 GIBBS, WolcottWolcott Gibbs (March 15, 1902 August 16, 1958) was an American editor, humorist, theatre critic, playwright and writer of short stories, who worked for The New Yorker magazine from 1927 until his death. He is notable for his 1936 parody of Time magazine, which skewered the magazine's inverted narrative structure. Gibbs wrote, "Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind"; he concluded the piece, "Where it all will end, knows God!" He also wrote a

Wolcott Gibbs (March 15, 1902 – August 16, 1958) was an American editor, humorist, theatre critic, playwright and writer of short stories, who worked for The New Yorker magazine from 1927 until his death. He is notable for his 1936 parody of Time magazine, which skewered the magazine's inverted narrative structure. Gibbs wrote, "Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind"; he concluded the piece, "Where it all will end, knows God!" He also wrote a comedy, Season in the Sun, which ran on Broadway for 10 months in 1950–51 and was based on a series of stories that originally appeared in The New Yorker.

He was a friend and frequent editor of John O'Hara, who named his fictional town of "Gibbsville, Pa." for him

[308] pp.

Henry Holt And Company

1958

First Edition

8 1/2" x 5 7/8"

Jacket Design by Charles Addams

Gibbs, humorist-essayist-drama critic and playwright (1902-1958) was a longtime writer and editor on The New Yorker. This book is a collection of various pieces, including the stories that became his play, "Season in the Sun."