Mary Lawton Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Mary Lawton, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, is interviewed by that fun co-hostin’ Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast trio of Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Vin Coca. Listen here. photo above: clockwise, from top left, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Vin Coca, Mary Lawton _____________________________________________________________________ More
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Thurber Thursday: The First Published Thurber Drawing; Latest Guest On The Caption Contest Podcast…Marisa Acocella
The Very First Published Thurber Drawing Edwin T. Bowden’s James Thurber: A Bibliography, the must-have book for Thurbermaniacs tells us that Thurber’s very first published drawing in a periodical, shown above*, was in Ohio State University’s Sun-Dial, November, 1917. It was followed by seven more drawings in the same paper, the last appearing March 7, 1918. The timeline for Thurber’s
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Tuesday Spill: 78 Years Ago Today…The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Broadcast; The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Begins To Post Videos
78 Years Ago Today: “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” Broadcast From The Algonquin Roundtable, this audio clip of James Thurber’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, read by Robert Benchley (as part of a 1944 CBS Radio Broadcast series, “This Is My Best”). The audio clip is just 19 minutes — not the full performance. — my thanks
Read moreThurber Thursday: Cream Of Thurber; David Borchart Guests On The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Cream Of Thurber If you happen to look up Cream Of Thurber, a Hamish Hamilton (Thurber’s UK publisher) title that appears to have first shown up in 1939, you’re likely going to come across the book on the left. Altho I’ve had the opportunity to pick up the book a number of times in used bookstores it never made it
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