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  1. 1 day ago · Full appreciation has never been given to the genius of James Thurber, one of America’s most acclaimed humorists and a shaping force of the New Yorker in its first decades. James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide provides a thorough review of Thurber’s work, giving special consideration to Thurber’s “serious” articles and stories, which run ...

  2. 5 days ago · Below is one of the seven: James Thurber’s take on the Algonquin’s lounge. According to Harrison Kinney’s Thurber bio, Thurber only attended one Round Table gathering (along with his pal, E.B.White), but the hotel was an anchor — not quite a semi-residence — for him for many many years (he wrote The Last Flower there…in one sitting).

  3. 5 days ago · Entertainment Caption Drawing. I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere. James Thurber. (1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist. Children People Situations Women Control Progress. There are two kinds of light — the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. James Thurber.

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  5. 5 days ago · The two-act play, “A Thurber Carnival,” offers 15 scenes that embrace light-hearted social situations and the culture of its time, from the mid-1920s to the late 1930s.

  6. 2 days ago · See Awards. Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE FRSA ( / ˈ ( j) uːstɪnɒf / (Y)OO-stin-off; born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker, and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career.

  7. 2 days ago · It portrayed the musician as smart, shy, and sensitive. On tour, she would carry bags filled with books to read, and she had a dog named Thurber after the humor writer James Thurber. Twenty-five years after her death, Joplin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

  8. 5 days ago · This satirical novel, set during World War II, follows the experiences of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. bomber pilot. It stands out for its satirical take on the absurdities of war (as well as being the first popular I’del I’d ever read that had an Armenian man as its protagonYossarian’srian’s experiences, particularly the concept “t of “Cat” h-22,” where soldiers are trapped ...

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