The Fun of It
Stories from The Talk of the Town
William Shawn once called The Talk of the Town the soul of the magazine. The section began in the first issue, in 1925. But it wasn't until a couple of years later, when E. B. White and James Thurber arrived, that the Talk of the Town story became what it is today: a precise piece of journalism that always gets the story and has a little fun along the way.
The Fun of It is the first anthology of Talk pieces that spans the magazine's life. Edited by Lillian Ross, the longtime Talk reporter and New Yorker staff writer, the book brings together pieces by the section's most original writers. Only in a collection of Talk stories will you find E.…
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May 1, 2001The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torch-bearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern…
The Wonderful O
James Thurber; Illustrated by Marc Simont; Introduction by Ransom Riggs
The 13 Clocks
James Thurber; Introduction by Neil Gaiman; Illustrated by Marc Simont
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
The Fun of It
Edited by Lillian Ross
JOHN UPDIKE is the author of more than sixty books, eight of them collections of poetry. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died in January 2009.
Selected Letters of John Updike
John Updike; Edited by James Schiff
Selected Poems of John Updike
John Updike; Edited by Christopher Carduff
Olinger Stories
John Updike
S.
John Updike
Buchanan Dying
John Updike
Hugging the Shore
John Updike
Picked-Up Pieces
John Updike
Odd Jobs
John Updike
Always Looking
John Updike
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Assorted Prose
John Updike
Museums & Women and Other Stories
John Updike
The Music School
John Updike
Pigeon Feathers
John UpdikeE. B. White, the author of such beloved classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine, then in its infancy. He died on October 1, 1985, and was survived by his son and three grandchildren.
Charlotte's Web
E. B White
The Best of Archy and Mehitabel
Don Marquis; Introduction by E. B. White
Christmas at The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The Elements of Style Illustrated
Strunk, White, Kalman
The Trumpet of the Swan
E.B. White
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
The Fun of It
Edited by Lillian Ross