Who are Mike and Ike? I mean, the dudes who give their name to Mike and Ike candy? I thought I knew, but it appears the extensive folk etymology I constructed over the years was largely erroneous. My mother’s mother, Augusta Jewett Street, was born in 1890 and raised a Methodist in Cleveland, Ohio. Like…
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James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide, Part 27
INTRODUCTION This is the 27th episode of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. Generally, these appear every Friday. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 27 contains discussion of Thurber Country*, Thurber’s collection of…
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide, Part 26
INTRODUCTION This is the 26th episode of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. Generally, these appear every Friday. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 26 continues discussion of Thurber’s five-part series on radio…
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide, Part 25
INTRODUCTION *This is the 25th episode of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. Generally, these appear every Friday. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 25 continues discussion of Thurber’s collection *The Beast in…
Brief Lives
I have a new book out, Brief Lives, available here, both as a ebook and a print on demand paperback. Brief Lives is a collection of 32 short stories, many of them quite short, only a few pages, but some of them run on for a dozen or more. An “Afterwords” includes (usually) brief descriptions…
E.B. White and the Past Recaptured. Again!
I could say that I’m not obsessed with the New Yorker, but that would be wrong. If you don’t believe me, go here, or here, or here, or here, where I’m in the midst of a 30-part examination of the writings and life of James Thurber. Back in the day, E. B. White was almost…
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide
INTRODUCTION This is the ninth episode of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. Generally, these appear every Friday. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 9 continues discussion of Thurber’s “slender masterpiece,” My Life…
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide
INTRODUCTION This is the eighth episode of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. Generally, these appear every Friday, unless I happen to be pushing something of my own or I happen to write something extra long on Thursday, which is why this…
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide, Part 7
INTRODUCTION Over a month ago I began running the first episodes of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. The links to the first part and the most recent part are given below. Part 7 continues my discussion of the his “Mr. and…
James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide, Part 5
INTRODUCTION Several weeks ago I began running the first episodes of “James Thurber, A Reader’s Guide,” a rambling consideration of Thurber’s works, examining his life and work in some detail. The links to Part 1 and Part 4 are given below. Part 5 picks up with my discussion of his second book, The Owl in…