Yet another previously-unknown-to-me Thurber cover popped up on social media yesterday. Google translate helpfully informed me that Malos tiempos means “bad times” or possibly “hard times” or “evil times.” Out of all those choices I had a pretty good idea that this was a Spanish edition of My Life and Hard Times. Happily, Edwin T. Bowden’s James Thurber: A Bibliography
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Thurber Couldn’t Draw? Pshaw! Whenever James Thurber’s drawings come up in conversation (outside of this household) it almost never fails that someone will say, almost as an aside, “But of course he couldn’t draw.” For me, those have always been fightin’ words. Thurber was fond of telling this story (you can see him telling it here at the 16:00 mark):
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Published 91 Years Ago This Week: “What Have You Done With Dr. Millmoss?” This week marks the 91st anniversary of the publication of James Thurber’s classic, “What have you done with Dr. Millmoss?” It appeared in the The New Yorker issue dated July 14th, 1934. Regular Spill readers might recall that I’ve mentioned this particular Thurber drawing quite a lot
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The photos below of James Thurber showed up on Ebay last year, offered within one lot by an Egyptian seller. I’ve no idea who took these photos, when they were taken or where. I don’t know if they were published. If someone does know, please contact me. What I do know is that I find them fascinating. There’s a casualness
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