Some Recent Additions to The Spill Library In the past few weeks, a small crop of books came this way, a few of them are shown above. All have The New Yorker in common. Many were gifted to the Spill library, some were
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Tag: E.B. White
Friday Spill: Curated Cartoons Announced; Latest “Case for Pencils” Features Emily Bernstein; Books: Re-Reading; Seen On The Silver Screen: Remnick & Ross (Harold)
Curated Cartoons Announced Beth Lawler, a name you might recognize from her dual online cartoon affiliations, as a co-host of The Cartoon Contest Podcast and founder of the Facebook group, The Cartoon Caption Contest Rejects (and Enthusiasts), has announced “Curated Cartoons.” The announcement describes Curated Cartoons as a “gateway to acquire original cartoon art published in The New Yorker Magazine…Curated
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Tuesday Spill: Chast’s Embroidery; Library Odds & Ends
Chast’s Embroidery From Threads Magazine, “Cartoonist Artist Roz Chast Draws With Needle And Thread” Ms. Chast began contributing to The New Yorker in the summer of 1978. Visit her website here. ________________________________________________________________________ Library Odds & Ends Okay, so these aren’t really “odd” but they are literally at the end of one of the Spill’s library shelves.
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Thurber Thursday: Noting Thurber’s 128th Birthday
Above: Thurber in Life magazine, March 14, 1960 How serendipitous that James Thurber’s birthday falls on Thurber Thursday! The great artist and humorist was born 128 years ago today in Columbus, Ohio. The Thurber House in Columbus is celebrating today with “seasonal music, carols and hot chocolate.” I think of the above books as must-haves for anyone interested in Thurber.
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