Jason Chatfield’s Sports Report Mr. Chatfield’s final report of the season (via The New Yorker team captain, Zach Helfland): “Vanity Fair only had a few people, so we split up the teams and just played an intra-New Yorker scrimmage: New vs. Yorker.” Visit Jason Chatfield’s website here. ____________________________________________________________________ Julia suits, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2006
Read moreLachen Mit Thurber I enjoy looking through foreign titles of Thurber books, especially when the cover art and title are unfamiliar, and, as in this case, nicely done. Google translate tells me that the title in English is Laugh With Thurber: 75 Selected Stories And Fables by James Thurber. This edition was published in 1965. Without ordering a copy (it can
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SPX 2022 Special Guests The Small Press Expo has posted a number of special guests for their September get-together in Maryland. Among the guests are three New Yorker contributors: Keith Knight, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2019, Sofia Warren, who began contributing in 2017, and Lonnie Millsap, who began contributing in 2018. More information here at
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Two Podcasts Of Interest Alex Gregory, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999 (and who, we learn in this podcast, stopped contributing 20 years later) is the guest on this week’s CCCP. Above, top left, going clockwise: Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Alex Gregory, and Paul Nesja. Listen here. _________________________________________________________________________ And…on the podcast, Moxie By Proxie, Sarah Getz, the
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