_______________________________________________________________________________ Following in the footsteps of The 40s: The Story of a Decade comes The 50s: The Story of a Decade (Both edited by Henry Finder, both published by Random House). No cover image available. The book will be out in September. If the 50s is anything like the 40s, we can expect classic New Yorker fiction, nonfiction and
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Did Arno Write Thurber?
A lot of material accumulates when you’ve been researching a subject for fifteen years. In my case, much of it was placed in a ramshackle assortment of black binders pictured here. There was also a binder [not pictured] labeled “Next” that contained a very very long checklist of things that needed looking into. The more I uncovered about Arno,
Read moreRea Irvin, Beyond The New Yorker
Rea Irvin, who gave us the impossibly perfect Eustace Tilley (the top-hatted dandy on the first issue of The New Yorker, February 21, 1925) was no budding flower when Harold Ross hired him to guide the magazine’s art. Irvin was an established artist, with his cartoons and
Read moreThe New Yorker’s New York…An Ink Spill Map
What better way to begin to close out the year here at Ink Spill than with a map of Manhattan highlighting some of the people and places most associated with The New Yorker. I’ve stayed away from current contributors & editors for privacy reasons – that updated map
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