A Little More Updike On Thurber I really enjoy following the breadcrumbs often found in books of collected letters (and biographies). An interesting mention can lead me to leave the book in hand and begin searching elsewhere. This morning I came across this footnote on page 333 in the newly published Selected Letters Of John Updike: “Updike’s piece, ‘On Meeting
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John Updike’s Want List At 17 Noted in the just published Selected Letters of John Updike, edited by James Schiff: a postcard sent by a 17 year old John Updike to Barnes & Noble, dated June 15, 1949, requesting the following books be held for him: ______________________________________________________________ Unfortunate Cover Art By now, I shouldn’t be surprised when I run across
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Video Of Interest: Richard Easton Reads A Thurber Fable The actor, Richard Easton recites/reads(?) James Thurber’s “The Bear Who Let It Alone” — one of the thirty-seven fables found in Fables For Our Time. I don’t especially like being read to, but I think that the late Mr. Easton carried this off. Watch here. _____________________________________________________________________________ James Thurber’s A-Z Entry James
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What The Beginning Writer Needs Something new to me that popped up during a recent Thurber search. _______________________________________________________________ James Thurber’s A-Z Entry James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces run posthumously. According to the New Yorker’s legendary editor, William Shawn, “In the early days, a small
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