Weldon Kees, polymath

By Scott Granneman / 14 May 2006 14 May 2006 / commonplace book, language & literature, on writing, true stories / character, language, mystery, names, the_new_yorker, work, writing

From The New Yorker‘s “The Disappearing Poet” (4 July 2005):

[Weldon] Kees himself was toiling on a script, a spy thriller called “Gadabout” … Kees was introduced as “Mr. Weldon Kees, poet, painter, artist, etcetera, composer, critic, etcetera, etcetera, ad infinitum.”