Personal History…Latest Addition To The Spill Library: R. Crumb’s Heroes Of Blues, Jazz & Country From various parts of the Hudson Valley, one can glimpse the western edge of the Berkshires. It seemed a shame yesterday not to get outside and see the mountains’ Fall show of leaves and — bonus! — visit my favorite used bookstore, Rodgers Book Barn.
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Video Of Interest: Tom Toro In Conversation With Michael Maslin The Hudson Valley’s Panda TV was on hand last week to film Tom Toro and this cartoonist in conversation at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY. Watch here. Tom’s appearance was part of a book tour for his cartoon collection, And To Think We Started As A Book Club… __________________________________________________________________________ The
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Edward Gorey Exhibit At the Society Of Illustrators Edward Gorey, a two-time New Yorker cover artist (one of the covers appeared after Gorey’s death), is being celebrated at the wonderful Society of Illustrators in an exhibit, Something Else Entirely. From the SOI’s website: “This exhibition showcases more than 80 original illustrations curated from the archive of The Edward Gorey Charitable
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I’ve no idea how many cover variations there are for Thurber titles. Does anyone? (let me know if you do). Just about every Thurber search I do turns up a cover I’m not familiar with. For instance: this Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973 paperback: I kind’ve like its simplicity. But still, I prefer most of the other versions I’ve seen. I
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