The Wild Party
by Joseph Moncure Marchliterary work· published 1928
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The Wild Party is a book-length narrative poem, written by Joseph Moncure March, who also wrote The Set-Up. Published in 1928 by Pascal Covici, the poem was widely banned, first in Boston, for having content viewed as lewd. The poem was a success notwithstanding, and perhaps in part due to, the controversy surrounding the work. March's subsequent projects were more mainstream. The poem tells the story of show people Queenie and her lover Burrs, who live in a decadent style that March depicts as unique to Hollywood. They decide to have one of their parties, complete with illegal bathtub gin and the couple's colorful, eccentric and egocentric friends, but the party unfolds with more tumultuous goings-on than planned.
