Benjamin De Casseres (1873–1945) was an American journalist and author. He worked for various New York City newspapers writing columns and editorials. He also wrote poetry, fiction, essays, and critical reviews. He was married to author Adele Bio Terrill De Casseres, and corresponded with prominent literary figures of his time including Clark Ashton Smith and Charles Fort.
A three volume retrospective of his work was printed by Blackstone in 1935 and reprinted in 1976 by Gordon Press.
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"It is the sense of the Irrational as principle of existence. It is the divination of Chance. It is the apotheosis of the Intuitive. The Irrational is the groundwork of all existence"
"I never read women writers...because I think in the arts women 'do not belong.' Sex is their art; let them stick to it." ("A Self-Interview" Contempo I.9 Sept. 15, 1931. p. 1)
"When Sinclair (Lewis) is dead he's dead; when I die I'm immortal." ("To the Editors" Contempo I. 12. Nov. 15, 1931 p. 2).
The Shadow-Eater
The Adventures of an Exile
Anathema! Litanies of Negation
The Muse Of Lies
I Dance With Nietzsche
Fantasia Impromptu
Don Marquis
Finis
Forty Immortals
James Gibbons Huneker
The Love Letters Of A Living Poet
Mencken and Shaw
Germans, Jews and France by Nietzsche
Mirrors of New York
Robinson Jeffers, Tragic Terror
The Last Supper
The Communist-Parasite State
The Eighth Heaven
The Eternal Return
The Chamelon, Being A Book Of My Selves
Sir Galahad: Knight of the Lidless Eye
The Superman In America Spinoza, Liberator of God and Man
Benjamin De Casseres collection at the New York Public Library