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any discussion of the odd titling habits of oddball literary figures would be incomplete without the oddest title of them all by [fellow de-capitaliser] e. e. cummings. in 1930, he published a 63 page volume which he refused to give a title. he wouldn’t even consider calling it untitled because that was still giving it a title. bibliographies list it as:

[Untitled] with the house of Covici-Friede

some of his other peculiar titles include: &, ½, Is 5, CIOPW, ViVa, Eimi, 1 × 1, and χαίρε.

source: dreams in a the mirror: a biography of e. e. cummings by richard s. kennedy (1994).

June 19, 2009
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