![]() ![]() When asked once about March's The Wild Party, the acclaimed writer William Burroughs replied, "It's the book that made me want to be a writer." March's literary influence is great, even with this somewhat lesser-known work. Despite and perhaps in part due to the controversy surrounding the work, it was a success, although March's subsequent projects, viewed when published as at least slightly less controversial, were more mainstream. ![]() Upon its 1928 publication, the poem was widely banned, first in Boston, for having content viewed as wild as the titular party. Each of the primary characters is vibrant and established. Show people Queenie and her lover Burrs, who live in a manner considered edgy and decadent at the time, decide to have one of their parties, complete with illegal bathtub gin and the couple's colorful, eccentric and egocentric friends, but the party does not unfold without more tumultuous goings-on than planned. ![]()
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