Saturday Spill: A New Yorker State Of Mind On The Issue Of November 2, 1935; Rea Irvin’s “The Smythes”; The Tilley Watch Online, November 24-28, 2025

A New Yorker State Of Mind On The Issue Of November 2, 1935 Need some fun post-Thanksgiving, post- Black Friday reading? Look no further than this latest entry from A New Yorker State of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine.  — Cover by Constantin Alajalov The Spill‘s Alajalov A-Z Entry:           Mr. Alajalov’s

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Tuesday Spill: Fave Photo(s) Of The Week…Cartoonists At “Women Laughing” Screening; Reminder…Bob Eckstein At Oblong Books

_____________________________________________________________________________ Fave Photo Of The Week: Cartoonists At “Women Laughing” Screening Liza Donnelly’s Women Laughing documentary film was screened at The Montclair Film Festival on Sunday. There was a panel discussion afterwards with the above New Yorker cartoonists. left to right: Emily Sanders Hopkins, Emily Flake, Ms. Donnelly, Amy Hwang, and Bishakh Som. Marquee photo: Nathalie Seaver (a Women Laughing

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Sunday Spill: Donnelly’s “Women Laughing” Film At Montclair Film Festival; The Tilley Watch Online, September 22-26, 2025

Donnelly’s Women Laughing Documentary Film At The Montclair Film Festival  Ms. Donnelly’s Women Laughing will be shown at the Montclair Film festival, Sunday, October 19, 2025. Following the screening there’ll be an “extended Q&A with director, Kathleen Hughes and Director/Subject, Liza Donnelly, and subjects Emily Flake, Amy Hwang, Bishakh Som, and Emily Sanders Hopkins.” More information here.  For more on

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