As more adults cut off their parents, a researcher calls for closer scrutiny of causes and effects, and suggests paths to reconciliation

Exhibit Of Interest: Mick Stevens to Show Work On Martha’s Vineyard 

Mick Stevens, who began contributing to The New Yorker in December of 1979, tells the Spill that:

“There’s a show of a dozen or so of my older original New Yorker drawings here at The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse in Vineyard Haven. The show will run for the entire month of May. The artist will be lurking there from time to time.”

Here’s a personal fave New Yorker drawing by Mr. Stevens (not sure this will be included in the exhibit) :

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Some Stevens Cartoon Collections…

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A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The Issue Of April 18, 1936

Such fun New Yorker time traveling via the weekly New Yorker State of Mind posts.

This week: the issue of April 18, 1936.

Read it here!

Cover by the one-and-only Rea Irvin.

What the science of self-awareness can tell us about confident decision-making

Changes in neural connections due to substance use and withdrawal are long-lasting, and craving can peak well into abstinence. Understanding this process could inspire drugs to support recovery.

Scientists are trying to name the qualities that make someone wise and figure out how to cultivate them

Neuroscientists are discovering that spending time with others may be a basic biological necessity, like need for food or water

Liza Donnelly Talks About Women Laughing Doc Screening In Inwood

Here’s another opportunity to see Women Laughing, Kathleen Hughes’ & Liza Donnelly’s short documentary film on The New Yorker‘s Women cartoonists. The film will be shown at the Inwood Film Fest this coming Saturday (full schedule here).

You can listen to Ms. Donnelly speaking about the film on the Inwood podcast, “Inwood Art Works On Air” here.  And/or…you can see her on the very same podcast here on Youtube.

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A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue of The New Yorker Magazine digs deep into the issue of May 16, 1936. E.B. White’s somewhat famous piece on Ford’s Model T, a Thurber reference explained, ads, and so much more!

Read it here

Cover by Leonard Dove. His Spill A-Z entry below:

Leonard Dove (self portrait, 1941; photo: 1947) Born 1906, Great Yarmouth, England. Died, Gramercy Hotel, New York City, January, 1972. New Yorker work: Dec. 17, 1927 – Jan. 18, 1964. 57 New Yorker covers; 717 New Yorker cartoons. 

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Rich Feldmann Summertime Exhibit Of Interest

Mr. Feldmann began contributing to The New Yorker in 2012.

Warning: heavy spoilers ahead!

A New Yorker State Of Mind Digs Into The Issue Of April 11, 1936

A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker: always fun, always interesting reading.

This week: the issue of April 11, 1936. Read it here. 

Cover by Helen Hokinson.

Her A-Z Entry:

Helen Hokinson (above) Born, Illinois,1893; died, Washington, D.C., 1949. New Yorker work: 1925 -1949, with some work published posthumously. All of Hokinson’s collections are wonderful, but here are two favorites. Her first collection: So You’re Going To Buy A Book! (Minton, Balch & Co, 1931) and what was billed as “the final Hokinson collection”: The Hokinson Festival (Dutton & Co., 1956). According to a New Yorker document produced during Harold Ross’s editorship (1925-1951) rating their artists, Ms. Hokinson and Peter Arno occupied a special category unto themselves above all others.

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