Tonight’s Events Of Interest: Liana Finck & Emily Flake in Conversation, Drew Friedman & Robert Klein In Conversation; More Thurber; Fave Photo Of The Day; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon

Liana Finck will be in conversation with Emily Flake this evening at Books Are Magic. All the info here. Ms. Finck began contributing to The New Yorker in 2013.  Her latest book is Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, And Notes To Self (Random House).  Ms. Flake has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2008. Her book That Was Awkward: The

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The Weekend Spill: Donnelly & Thurber’s Influence; A Thurber Event At The Society Of Illustrators; The Tilley Watch Online; Interview Of Interest: Seth; Chris Ware In Conversation With Chip Kidd

Donnelly & Thurber’s Influence From The Cleveland Plain Dealer (cleveland.com), September 1, 2019, “James Thurber continues to influence today’s cartoonists”  — this piece by Marilyn Greenwald ___________________________________________ A Thurber Anniversary Event At The Society Of Illustrators From The Society Of Illustrators, this notice of a Thurber event this coming October. Coinciding with the 125th birthday celebration publication of Collected Fables

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Audio Of Interest: About Thurber’s 125th Anniversary Exhibit, Books; A Bonus Daily Cartoon; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon

Audio Of Interest: About Thurber’s 125th Anniversary Exhibit, Books Michael Rosen (shown above), the fellow key to the festivities surrounding the 125th anniversary of Thurber’s birth, talks to Thurber’s hometown newspaper’s “Newsroom” about the events tied-in to the anniversary. Hear it here. And here’s a calendar of Thurber events __________________________________________ A Bonus Daily Cartoon & Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon

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Rewind Wednesday: Thurber On The Cover Of Newsweek

           Newsweek’s Thurber Cover Story In July of 1951, TIME  put Thurber on its cover — it’s the cover most Thurber biographies mention.  Newsweek’s Thurber cover, out six years later, is rarely mentioned. Thinking about it this morning,  I dug out the sole bound volume of Newsweek in the Spill‘s library (acquired, obviously, because it contains

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