Latest Addition To The Archives…First Day Of Issue Thurber Stamps Through the generosity of Michael Rosen, Thurberista par excellence, the Spill has received a commemorative folder containing a sheet of first day of issue Thurber stamps, dated September 10 1994, along with various materials related to celebratory events on the occasion (Fran Lebowitz* delivered “Remarks”). My thanks to Mr. Rosen
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Dinner With Thurber Or Joyce Here’s a fun Thurber mention courtesy of Fran Lebowitz in The Paris Review, Summer 1993 (interviewed by Richard Linvell and George Plimpton): “If I had to, I would rather have dinner with James Thurber, than, say James Joyce. I’m not the biggest James Joyce fanatic and I would rather have dinner with someone who
Read moreTwo Adam Van Doren films: James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times and Top Hat & Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of The New Yorker will be available on iTunes as well as on dvd, June 17. Here’s a piece about the films from filmfestivals.com. And here’s the First Run Features website where you can learn more about ordering.
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