As I continue my revisit through Harrison Kinney’s massive biography of James Thurber, I continue to find moments I overlooked the first time I read it. A for instance: On page 853, Mr. Kinney quotes E.B. White’s review of The Thurber Carnival in PM (the issue of January 4, 1945): “The book contains the picture of the woman speaking into
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E.B White and James Thurber — the names go together like soup and sandwich, or, um…horse and carriage. New Yorker history buffs will recall that Thurber’s first book, Is Sex Necessary, was co-authored with E.B. White, and that the two shared an office at The New Yorker in their earliest years at the magazine. It was White who fished a
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Latest Addition To The Spill Library…A 1937 New Yorker Bound Volume With Tilley’s Farewell Occasionally I’ll buy a New Yorker bound volume even though some of the issues within the volume are already in the Spill library. The idea of sitting with a book has always been more enjoyable (for me) than with a single issue. Both are fun and
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The Tilley Watch Online, July 3-7, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: this cartoonist, Ellis Rosen, Akeem Roberts, Zoe Si, Colin Tom. Daily Shouts: Kendra Allenby. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Former President’s Mug Shot Unearthed” ________________________________________________________________________ Latest Addition To The Spill Library This 78 year old
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