Weekend Tilley Watch: Attempted Bloggery & Buying Books “Sight Unseen”; The Tilley Watch Online, January 23 -28, 2023

_______________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery & Buying Books “Sight Unseen”  Here’s another installment in the Attempted Bloggery series “Sight Unseen” which describes books bought despite patchy info provided by the seller. This particular purchase turned out well for Stephen Nadler (the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain). Go here to read more.   Two lions of The New Yorker cartoon world, and the

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Weekend Spill: An Ilonka Karasz Updike Cover; The Tilley Watch Online, January 16-20, 2023; Some John Held, Jr. Dust Jackets

An Ilonka Karasz Updike Cover Last night, idly looking over the spines of John Updike books in the Spill library, I came upon his Olinger Stories, a 1964 paperback collection I’ve had for ages (and haven’t re-read for ages). As it’s a paperback, it never was slotted chronologically — I placed it horizontally, resting it on the hardcover Updike books.

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Weekend: The Tilley Watch Online, January 9-13, 2023; Cover Reveal: Chast’s “I Must Be Dreaming”; Weekend Reading…A New Yorker State Of Mind

The Tilley Watch Online, January 9-13, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: David Sipress, Becky Barnicoat, Sarah Kempa, J.A.K., Paul Noth.  Daily Shouts: Adam Douglas Thompson, Will McPhail (and Monica Heisey). Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Keeping George Santos Honest” ___________________________________________________________   Cover Reveal: Roz Chast’s October

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