favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL children's author Shel Silverstein had sex with hundreds and possibly thousands of women and frequently visited the Playboy mansionen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down128
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkTIL children's author Shel Silverstein had sex with hundreds and possibly thousands of women and frequently visited the Playboy mansionen.wikipedia.orgfavoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square89linkfedilink
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 month agoI am admittedly not familiar with most of his work directly, but I had no idea that Shel Silverstein was a man
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agongl dude has always given me serial killer vibes on the jacket photos. still own a lot of his books.
minus-squaregarbagebagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 month agoThey really went and decided to publish some, if not, the best children’s poetry of a generation and then picked the absolute scariest fucking headshots they could of him.
minus-squareryrybang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoMaybe those are the most flattering head shots…
minus-squaregarbagebagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·30 days agoNah I’ve seen other photos of him, he wasn’t a bad looking guy. I think just not very photogenic or maybe he liked the scary pictures.
minus-squareWiddershins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIn the days before the internet got big and comprehensive I assumed he was some kind of turtle or tortoise
I am admittedly not familiar with most of his work directly, but I had no idea that Shel Silverstein was a man
ngl dude has always given me serial killer vibes on the jacket photos. still own a lot of his books.
They really went and decided to publish some, if not, the best children’s poetry of a generation and then picked the absolute scariest fucking headshots they could of him.
Maybe those are the most flattering head shots…
Nah I’ve seen other photos of him, he wasn’t a bad looking guy. I think just not very photogenic or maybe he liked the scary pictures.
well put
In the days before the internet got big and comprehensive I assumed he was some kind of turtle or tortoise