This Monday, the 16th of September, the Brooklyn Book Festival begins with its Bookend events. Names familiar from the New Yorker’s past, and names familiar from its present take part in (or are the subjects of) various events throughout the week. Below are just some of the events featuring New Yorker folk. Please consult the Festivals website for all
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Collaborating Cartoonists; Video: Charles Addams
Collaborating cartoonists have been on my mind recently. Who are they, why do they do it? Does it double the fun? A spate of collaborations in The New Yorker within the past year caused me to dig into the subject and ask a few questions. To begin with, here’re a few words on the subject, written sixty years
Read moreE.B. White’s Lady is Cold Cover Surprise
This morning’s outside temperature of 8 degrees made me think of the cover of The Lady is Cold, E.B. White’s first book, published in 1929. I knew of the book — a collection of his poetry published in The New Yorker and FPA’s column, The Conning Tower — because I’ve had the cover image on my desktop
Read moreThe Algonquin
The holiday season reminds me of the Algonquin Hotel, and once reminded I only have to look across my desk to the snowglobe pictured above. It was given to me years ago by friends who stayed at the hotel for a day or two. I threw together the little scene above for Ink Spillers. The snowglobe sits atop
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