A Different Stripe: Commonplace: The Wonderful O at The New Yorker

October 15, 2008

Commonplace: The Wonderful O at The New Yorker

"[Thurber's] anger increased when The New Yorker ultimately refused to publish The Wonderful O because Thurber wouldn't approve the magazine's condensation of the story and he couldn't cut it enough himself to suit the editors. In a letter...Thurber mocked the note often placed at the end of New Yorker book reviews, ' The Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, was first printed in this magazine in a shorter version under the title The Aorta of Darknes.' "

—from Remember Laughter: A Life of James Thurber, by Neil A. Grauer

Oct 15, 2008 3:16:22 PM | Authors and others, Commonplace, The Children's Collection

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