I recently reread James Thurber’s Foreword to The Fifth New Yorker Album (Harper & Brothers, 1932); it’s always good (for me at least) to reread — I know that the material will eventually sink in. About halfway through the piece Thurber writes: “What, if it may be asked, of the offspring of the children who are to become the
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__________________________________________________ Map Of Interest: John Held Jr.’s New York Night Clubs This Spill fave site, Attempted Bloggery, looks at a 1930s map of Manhattan’s night clubs by the one-and-only John Held, Jr. See the full map here ___________________ John Held Jr.’s A-Z Entry John Held Jr (Photo source: Sketchbook of American Humorists, 1938) Born, January 10, 1889,
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Video Of Interest: Rea Irvin Here’s a really well done, well researched Rea Irvin-centric video. Watch here. Rea Irvin’s A-Z Entry: Rea Irvin (pictured above. Self portrait above from Meet the Artist) Born, San Francisco, 1881; died in the Virgin Islands,1972. Irvin was the cover artist for the New Yorker’s first issue, February 21, 1925. He was the magazine’s first art
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As we’re in the second week of a double issue (February 16 & 23), there’s no new issue for us to look at this morning. The regular Monday Spill will return February 23, 2026. _________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming: Three New York Screenings Of Liza Donnelly’s “Women Laughing” Documentary Film Liza Donnelly‘s short documentary film Women Laughing will screen in three places this
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