TWA Poet: E.E. Cummings

1894 - 1962

It’s the birthday of American poet and playwright E.E. Cummings (1894), born Edward Estlin Cummings in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father was a professor of sociology and political science at Harvard University, and Cummings grew up around intellectuals, including philosopher Williams James, who encouraged him to write from an early age. Cummings’ fam…