Benjamin De Casseres was an American journalist and author. He worked for various New York City

New York City

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 newspapers writing columns and editorials. He also wrote poetry, fiction, essays, and critical reviews. He was married to author Adele Bio Terrill De Casseres, and corresponded with prominent literary figures of his time including Clark Ashton Smith

Clark Ashton Smith

Clark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...

 and Charles Fort

Charles Fort

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A three volume retrospective of his work was printed by Blackstone in 1935 and reprinted in 1976 by Gordon Press.

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Quotes

"It is the sense of the Irrational as principle of existence. It is the divination of Chance. It is the apotheosis of the Intuitive. The Irrational is the groundwork of all existence"

"I never read women writers...because I think in the arts women 'do not belong.' Sex is their art; let them stick to it." ("A Self-Interview" Contempo I.9 Sept. 15, 1931. p. 1)

"When Sinclair (Lewis) is dead he's dead; when I die I'm immortal." ("To the Editors" Contempo I. 12. Nov. 15, 1931 p. 2).

Articles

• The Caste of the Newly Educated, (ar) People’s Favorite Magazine Nov 1920
• The Hamlet-Like Nature of Charlie Chaplin, New York Times Book Review, 12 Dec 1920
• The Babbitts of Radicalism, Haldeman-Julius Monthly, IV:6, Nov 1926
• A Conversation between George Bernard Shaw and the Dictionary, (ms) The Smart Set Dec 1914; burlesque.
• Five Portraits On Galvanized Iron, American Mercury Dec 1926
• Four One-Reel Movies, (ms) The Smart Set Apr 1920; sketch.
• Little Scenarios, (ms) The Smart Set Mar 1920; sketch.
• The Lost Satire of a Famous Titan, (ms) The Smart Set Jun 1920; sketch.
• The New Girl—I Hate Her, (ar) Metropolitan Magazine Feb-Mar 1923
• The Nietzschean Follies (IX), (ar) The Smart Set Oct 1922
• The Nietzschean Follies (VIII), (ar) The Smart Set Sep 1922
• The Psychology of the Avenue, (ms) The Smart Set May 1918; sketch.
• Queer Antics of Old Madame Ouija, (ss) People’s Favorite Magazine Aug 1920
• The Resignation of New York, (ms) The Smart Set Oct 1917; sketch.
• Sub Specie Eternitatus, (ms) The Smart Set Jun 1922; sketch.
• Variation on an Old Theme, (ms) The Smart Set Sep 1917; sketch.
• A Woman for President!, (ar) Gay Book Magazine Jan 1933

Books

The Shadow-Eater

The Adventures of an Exile

Anathema! Litanies of Negation

The Muse Of Lies

I Dance With Nietzsche

Fantasia Impromptu

Don Marquis

Finis

Forty Immortals

James Gibbons Huneker

The Love Letters Of A Living Poet

Mencken and Shaw

Germans, Jews and France by Nietzsche

Mirrors of New York

Robinson Jeffers, Tragic Terror

The Last Supper

The Communist-Parasite State

The Eighth Heaven

The Eternal Return

The Chamelon, Being A Book Of My Selves

Sir Galahad: Knight of the Lidless Eye

The Superman In America
Spinoza, Liberator of God and Man