Silverstein In Greenwich Village

September, 1960

Shel Silverstein, the free-wheeling humorist who has sketched many of the world's most exotic lands for Playboy, has been living in Greenwich Village for the past year, recuperating from wounds incurred on safari (Silverstein in Africa, Playboy, October 1959), working at drawing board and recording studio (his disc, Hairy Jazz, was reviewed in February's Playboy After Hours), and just generally absorbing. Before long, he will journey forth again to far-flung places, but in the meantime he has se...