Woollcott

American  

[wool-kuht] / ˈwʊl kət /

noun

1. Alexander, 1887–1943, U.S. essayist and journalist.

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Woollcott British  

/ ˈwʊlkɒt /

noun

1. Alexander. 1887–1943, US writer and critic. His collected essays include Shouts and Murmurs (1922)

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Woollcott

Marx also shares memorable encounters with towering figures of the day, including critic Alexander Woollcott, the wits of the Algonquin Round Table, Howard Hughes and pianist and neurotic wit Oscar Levant.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

And the 1940s setting came to her after reading a collection of essays by Alexander Woollcott, a midcentury critic for The New Yorker, in which he profiled a series of prominent actresses.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2019

Woollcott knew her through Berlin, whose worshipful biography he had written.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015

Here’s what Alexander Woollcott had to say in his review in The Times on Nov. 3, 1921:

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2014

One of us, Mr. Woollcott I think, commented upon the sweep of Mr. Chesterton's fame in the United States.

From Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday

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