tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post7971793303670621662..comments2022-07-19T07:48:28.683-04:00Comments on Belle, Book, and Candle: My Best GirlsBellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-47779513820709237382012-12-10T19:32:38.363-05:002012-12-10T19:32:38.363-05:00Tullik,
Thanks for the tip on Maeve Brennan. I hav...Tullik,<br />Thanks for the tip on Maeve Brennan. I have not heard of her but see that my library has a copy of 'Long Winded Lady', a book of her short stories and a short novel. There is also on hand a biography by Angela Bourke.<br /><br />Wow! One of the best things for me about reading essays and newspaper/magazine articles from the past is discovering someone new such as the talented Ms. Brennan. I look forward to reading her work.<br /><br />Thanks again.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-73089687878478822732012-12-10T18:34:08.852-05:002012-12-10T18:34:08.852-05:00I am big fan of The New Yorker, I can’t afford a s...I am big fan of The New Yorker, I can’t afford a subscription but when I see it at a doctors/dentists’ office I always ask to borrow it and return in a few weeks. My library doesn’t carry it any more, cutbacks! While this lady wasn’t an illustrator but an editor and contributor she was very popular in her day and her writings from the magazine were published under a most engaging book “Maeve Brennan, The Long Winded Lady (Notes from The New Yorker)” She joined in 1949-as a sub-editor and contributed until the late 1960’s, alas a tragic figure in her final days. She is also a cousin (a few times removed) of the Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle. Tullikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524256855855014534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-35413885880199313962012-12-07T19:49:06.808-05:002012-12-07T19:49:06.808-05:00Apparently Helen never married. She was a true car...Apparently Helen never married. She was a true career woman before being a career woman was common.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-59862980242480467392012-12-07T16:58:03.155-05:002012-12-07T16:58:03.155-05:00How interesting! I did not know there were female ...How interesting! I did not know there were female cartoonists at that time, either, Belle, though the cartoons are definitely familiar looking. (I did google when I first read your post.) I'm so very glad you shared this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com