Christopher Hickey

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Recent Pieces from Christopher Hickey

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E. E. Cummings & Krazy Kat (:58)
From: Facts About Fiction

An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.
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Choose Your Own Adventure (01:00)
From: Facts About Fiction

Imagine you are children's literature publisher R. A. Montgomery...
Caption: Maurice Sendak's self-portrait with Mickey Mouse, Credit: Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak (:59)
From: Facts About Fiction

Children's author Maurice Sendak was a big collector of Disney paraphenalia
Caption: J. California Cooper, Credit: Ellen Banner / The New York Times

J. California Cooper (01:00)
From: Facts About Fiction

J. California Cooper loved playing with paper dolls--even as an adult.
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E.B. White (:58)
From: Facts About Fiction

Responding to his editor about why he wrote his most famous children's novel, E.B. White replied in characteristic good humor.
Caption: Allen Ginsberg reading poetry, Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collections

Allen Ginsberg (:59)
From: Facts About Fiction

One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."
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Frank O'Hara (:58)
From: Facts About Fiction

American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.
Caption: Hunter S. Thompson, Long Beach, California, May 1989, Credit: Rs79

Hunter S. Thompson (01:00)
From: Facts About Fiction

Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946