Ethel Watts Mumford: An American Aphorist - Hardcoverby Ethel W. Mumford (Author), Richard Kostelanetz (Editor) Having long accepted the common opinion that only two American women aphorists were worth reprinting (Mae West and Dorothy Parker), I was surprised to discover the aphorisms of Minna Antrim and so reprinted three of her books into a single volume. That discovery led me in turn to inquire about others. An enthusiast for aphorism recommended Mignon McLaughlin (1913 1983), a later writer whose