After breezing through a book or three of Thurber’s drawings, it’s sometimes fun to settle down with either of the two books of his letters. The first published, Selected Letters Of James Thurber (Atlantic, Little & Brown, 1981) was edited by his second wife, Helen Thurber, and Thurber’s friend (and Atlantic editor), Edward Weeks. Although Selected Letters was published half
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The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of September 14-18, 2020 An end of week listing of New Yorker artists who’ve contributed to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Emily Flake, Tim Hamilton, Amy Kurzweil, Jon Adams, Sofia Warren. Daily Shouts: Eugenia Viti. …and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook.
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Here’s a short film and article I missed: from the Ohio State University Alumni Magazine, Summer 2019, “James Thurber At 125” …and one more post missed: from Literary Hub, August 2019, “Dorothy Parker On Her Old Pal James Thurber” (a reprint of Ms. Parker’s wonderful introduction to Thurber’s 1932 collection The Seal In The Bedroom with some fun pieces from
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Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon…and Today’s Daily Shouts cartoonist The Daily Cartoon: Brooke Bourgeois on an evil lair. Ms. Bourgeois began contributing to The New Yorker in April of 2019. Daily Shouts cartoonist: J.A.K. (with Adam Rotstein). Mr. K began contributing to The New Yorker in 2014. _________________________________________________________ Podcast of Interest From The First Ever Podcast, Hosted By Jeremy Bolm,
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