Shouts and Murmurs was the personal column of Alexander Woollcott in the New Yorker magazine. Beginning in 1929, Woollcott’s Shouts appeared weekly for five years, usually in the middle of the magazine (roughly where the current column runs) and almost always a single page in length.

Woollcott used his column to opine on, lampoon, and attack the culture and society of the day. In his distinct and at times excessive style, he reviewed books, wrote spoofs, distributed gossip, and generally rankled as many people as he could.