Thurber In New Yorker Anthologies My gathering instinct has caused me to pull together the below (likely) incomplete collection of New Yorker anthologies containing work (writing & drawings) by James Thurber for this week’s Thurber Thursday. The New Yorker Scrapbook
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I was awake in the wee hours the other night, hobbling around the living room trying to shake off some pain from a recent leg injury. While walking to and fro, I decided to walk over to the mantle where several Thurber drawings hang. As I approached them I began smiling – I always do when I go to
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Cassettes, Anyone? Back in the late 1970s, early 1980s, cassettes seemed to be giving vinyl records a run for their money — they were the next big thing. Altho I had been buying vinyl albums for decades, the idea of the cassette — especially buying blank tapes and making your own mix — was appealing. I had the beginnings of
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New (To Me) Book Jackets It sometimes seems there’s a bottomless well of Thurber book jacket art. Here are four more that popped-up on a recent search. Never seen them before today. I believe that the jackets are — someone please correct me if I’m wrong — in order of their appearance, from Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Croatia, and Germany. More:
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