Thumb through the Index of nearly any book about a New Yorker writer from the golden age of the magazine and you’ll find at least one mention of James Thurber. I semi-randomly took two books off the shelf this morning and found the following quotes from John Cheever, and Truman Capote. While Cheever’s Thurber mention is mainly about Harold Ross
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Murder Book From Hilary Campbell Now listed online where books are listed: Murder Book by Hilary Campbell. According to promotional material, it’s “a humorous graphic examination of the author’s lifelong fascination with true crime and the murders that have captured her imagination…” Out from Andrews & McMeel, November 9. Ms. Cambell began contributing to The New Yorker in November of
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Fave Photo Of The Weekend: Harold & Harpo (Ross & Marx) The below photo, dated June of 1931, hitherto unseen (by me) came to the Spill courtesy of Steve Stoliar, who knows his Marx Brothers. Here’s Mr. Stoliar on the photo: “Taken at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco when Harpo and Harold were staying while in town to greet
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The Spill’s Traditional Superbowl Sunday Cartoon With the big day upon us, it’s time to dust off the above drawing of mine that appeared in The New Yorker, October 16, 2006. I’m admittedly more of a baseball fan than a football fan; I post this drawing because it reminds me somehow of my late father-in-law who loved the game. ________________________________________________________________________
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