Two weeks ago today I Spilled about getting hold of the 1950 21st anniversary edition of James Thurber & E.B. White’s Is Sex Necessary? (and not too long before that I mentioned buying a 1990 modern edition). This past Sunday, after some time browsing at my favorite used bookstore, Rogers Book Barn, I was about to head out the door when
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Article Of Interest: “What’s So Funny About James Thurber?” When I first came across the title of this article by Holly Brubach that appeared in the November 1982 issue of Vogue, I thought, “Oh brother, here we go — another rethinking of Thurber’s place in American letters.” But once I got hold of and read the two page article (available
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Latest Addition To The Spill Library: Is Sex Necessary — The 21st Anniversary Edition Hot on the heels of bringing home a modern edition (if you consider 1990 modern) of Is Sex Necessary, I came across a very reasonably priced 1950 “Coming Of Age” edition (hardcover), celebrating the book’s 21st anniversary. One has to wonder if this odd anniversary celebration
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An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: Lars Kenseth, Mads Horwath, Harry Bliss, Guy Richards Smit, P.C. Vey. See the Daily cartoons here. _______________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery On A Peter Arno Original Drawing Attempted Bloggery looks at and into an interesting and somewhat baffling Peter Arno Whoops
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