From Speaker System, “10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said” (W. W. Norton & Co.) This new book by Charles Wheelan is illustrated by the one and only Peter Steiner. Visit your neighborhood online book seller for a peek inside. From newyorker.com, June 1, 2012, “Ed Koren Arrives” — Mark Singer on Mr. Koren’s 50th anniversary
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Q & A with The Receptionist author, Janet Groth
The Receptionist, a memoir by Janet Groth, who worked at The New Yorker for twenty-one years (1957-1978) is set to be released June 26th (Algonquin Books). This Q & A “Meet the Receptionist” can be found on her publisher’s site. (William Shawn, Charles Addams, Charles Saxon, Peter DeVries content). Also, by going to a popular online book seller you
Read moreRaconteur #1 with Lynch, Pert, Klossner and Jacobson
Four single panel cartoonists decide to try a longer form, and the result is Raconteur #1. A sneak preview can be found here on Mike Lynch’s blog. (cover above by John Klossner)
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Pictured above: a handful of World War II era publications from The New Yorker. Beginning at twelve o’clock high, with the red cover is The New Yorker Cartoons with The Talk of The Town (1945) — it’s the hard cover version of the New Yorker booklet to the left (cover by Alajalov). This is an exciting publication, chock full of great
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