This is a doubled-up Spill due to journeying to Thurber country — the town of Columbus in the state of Ohio — for the first-ever Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art (presented Friday night along with the Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing).The awards ceremony will be held at the Columbus Art Museum. The Spill will report on its
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Thurber Prize Finalists To Be Named Tomorrow is the day The Thurber House announces its finalists for The Thurber Prize. The Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio is pretty much the center of the Thurberverse. I’ve been there several times (staying the night on one of those visits in the famous attic where the bed fell). Here’s a link to the
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Website Of Interest: Thurber House Had a good time yesterday revisiting the Thurber House website, specifically the “About James Thurber” section , which features a short bio, a timeline and links to other resources. I always find much to explore, most especially in these links: The James Thurber Papers and The Collection On James Thurber/Collection Inventory The inventory is loaded
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From Michael Shaw, The Night The TV Talked Back From Michael Shaw, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999, The Fall Of The House Of Thurber — this piece from the Mizzou Magazine Winter 2022 in which Mr. Shaw, who has happily embraced a lifelong case of Thurberitis, recalls a restless night at The Thurber House in Columbus,
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