One of America’s Greatest Wits!
Published in 1926 Enough Rope was Parker’s first collection of poetry. The collection sold very well and garnered impressive reviews. The Nation described it as “caked with a salty humor, rough with splinters of disillusion, and tarred with a bright black authenticity.” The New York Times referred to it as “flapper verse,” Enough Rope affirm Parker’s reputation for sparkling wit.
