Word: thurberism
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...Town. The summer of 1951 marks the 25th anniversary of Jim Thurber's arrival in New York City. Knowing only Columbus and Paris, he loathed New York at first, with its roar, its dirt, its jostle, and the brash ways of its citizenry. But he got a job as reporter on the Evening Post, which reduced its price from 5? to 3? the day he went to work...
During the four years he was a reporter, Thurber registered countless impressions that he could not have gotten into any newspaper. These were filed away in his memory, and he began working them into enchanting monologues for the amusement of his friends. In the '20s and '30s, to sit with drink in hand and listen to Jim Thurber off on a free-association talking marathon was an indescribable pleasure...
...night in 1927 at a small party in Greenwich Village, Thurber met E. B. White, who was already doing "Notes and Comments" on the front page of The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" section. White was immediately taken with him; a little later, he recommended him to Ross as a "Talk" reporter and writer...
...Time. Not long after Ross hired him, Thurber was puzzled to find that he had a secretary, which he had never heard of a reporter having; he supposed that things were different on magazines. He was amazed when she handed him the office weekly payroll to sign, and the fine print of the "Goings On" department to check and okay. He asked her why, and her answer left him thunderstruck. "Because you're the managing editor," she said...
...Thurber wanted to write. He hated being managing editor, but Ross kept encouraging him. Once in an editorial conference, Ross snarled, "This week's issue has more mistakes in it than any we ever published. Who's responsible?" Hope rising in his breast, Thurber shot up his hand. "Good," Ross said. "Only honest managing editor I ever...