"Without continuous ecstasy life is not worth living," wrote Margaret Anderson, adding, "I ecstasied from the age of six." Pursuing her ideal of "life as a work of art," she fled small-town Indiana for Chicago. In 1914 she established The Little Review, a pioneering literary magazine whose motto was "No Compromise With the Public Taste." Each issue brought struggles with creditors and censors, including the Post Office, which had a habit of burning entire press runs. Despite this - and a policy of not paying contributors - Anderson produced one of the most exciting arts periodicals in the country. During its turbulent fifteen-year life The Little Review helped launch many writers, including Hart Crane, Sherwood Anderson, and Djuna Barnes. In 1917 Anderson moved operations to New York, where her apartment became an "oasis for creative minds" with Anderson, an accomplished pianist, providing the music. An advocate of wide choices for women, Anderson stated boldly: "I am no man's wife, no man's delightful mistress, and I will never, never, never be a mother."
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