Happy Birthday, Mr. Roth

Philip Roth, who celebrates his 80th birthday today, was first published in The New Yorker the issue of March 14, 1959, with his story, “Defender of the Faith” causing an immediate stir (see the upcoming PBS American Masters profile “Philip Roth: Unmasked”  for, among so many other things,  Mr. Roth’s recollection of buying, opening up, reading and rereading his story

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Otto Soglow’s Little King, glassed in

  From time to time, interesting objets d’cartoon are brought to my attention.  An Ink Spill visitor recently passed along these photos of four glasses bearing Otto Soglow’s famous Little King.  Anyone interested in purchasing them may contact Darcey Bournay at bournay@gmail.com   note: Ink Spill is providing these images and contact information as a service to the site’s visitors

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