Book On The Horizon…Felipe Galindo’s Ellis Island From Felipe Galindo (aka Feggo), Ellis Island: Immigration and The American Dream (Macmillan). Out January 25, 2025 Mr. Galindo began contributing to The New Yorker in 2002. Visit his website here. ______________________________________________________________________ Instagram Post of Interest: Ngozi Ukazu At The New Yorker Festival From the Instagram account of Ngozi
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It’s been a good month for books here at the Spill. The Barbara Shermund title, Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins, started things off with a bang. It’s truly a must-have for any New Yorker cartoon collection. Was pleased to get hold of The New Yorker bound volume, Jan – Feb 1977. I enjoy revisiting these issues
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: Murky Marathon The Cartoonists and Cartoons: Seventeen cartoons, eighteen cartoonists (Ed Steed handles this week’s “Spot” drawings). No newbies. One duo, that we know of. The longest active contributing cartoonist in this issue is Roz Chast, whose first
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Driving through my town late yesterday afternoon I saw a small sign stuck in the ground on the side of the road: Library Book Sale Today. So I went over to the library, parked, then walked down the grassy hill to the back door that, as long as I’ve been in this town, opens up to the used books room.
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