Barbara Burkhardt, who wrote William Maxwell: A Literary Life (University of Mississippi Press, 2005) has edited Conversations with William Maxwell (University of Mississippi Press, June, 2012. Maxwell, who joined The New Yorker in 1936, was originally hired as a hand holder for the Artists, taking over from Wolcott Gibbs, who had tired of the task. The job required Maxwell
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Podcast: A conversation with Alex Gregory, Pete Holmes and Matt Diffee
From You Made It Weird, January 27, 2012, this hour and twenty minute podcast featuring Alex Gregory and Matt Diffee in conversation with Pete Holmes.
Read morePizza Island over; Interview: Pete Holmes
From juliawertz.com., January 23, 2012, “The Disbanding of Pizza Island” — this post on the end of the studio once home to the likes of Karen Sneider and Kate Beaton. From AVClub.com, January 26, 2012, “Interview: Pete Holmes”
Read moreNew Yorker’s Political Scene offers cartoons galore
The New Yorker’s brand new website feature, “The Political Scene” offers a political cartoon of the day (today’s is by Joseph Farris) as well as an offering of politically themed cartoons from the magazine’s archives. Link here for laughs.
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