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The Waste Land

  • T.S. Eliot, author and playwright, pictured in London on January 19, 1956. (AP Photo)
    Baum On Books
    100 Years of 'The Waste Land'
    Joan Baum
    One hundred years ago this December, "The Waste Land" was first published. T.S. Eliot’s famous poem has been described as highly influential, irregular, and innovative. Its theme… the spiritual and cultural decay of…well just about everything.