No. 182: JOE MITCHELL / Visiting & revisiting the enigma in the New Yorker's offices. I've never had writer's block, but I know what it looks like. I saw it up close.
In his heyday, Mitchell had been over-shadowed by Liebling, Thurber & White. He became known not for his writing nut rather for his not writing.
An illustration from McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon.
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