Marisa Acocella Marchetto’s “Ann Tenna” Book Party

An assortment of photos taken tonight at Da Silvano in Greenwich Village, where Marisa Acocella Marchetto celebrated the publication of her new book, Ann Tenna. Among the New Yorker cartoonists attending were S. Harris, Sam Gross, Mort Gerberg, Charlie Hankin, Bob Eckstein and Liza Donnelly  (photos courtesy of Liza Donnelly) The scene outside Da Silvano.          

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Book of Interest: Jason Polan’s Every Person in New York; Two Interviews: Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Roz Chast; Evan Forsch’s Coloring Book

    Just out from Chronicle Books, Jason Polan‘s Every Person in New York. Further reading: Here’s a profile of Mr. Polan in Vice from September of last year (my thanks to Bob Eckstein for bringing this to my attention)             ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________               From WWD, August 20, 2015, “Marisa

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Book of Interest: Marisa Acocella Marchetto’s “Ann Tenna”

Due September 1st, from Knopf, Ann Tenna from Marisa Acocella Marchetto. From the publisher’s note: From the celebrated New Yorker cartoonist and acclaimed author of Cancer Vixen, a brilliant, funny, and wildly imaginative first novel: the story of an influential gossip columnist brought face-to-face with her higher self—and a challenge to change her life for the better. Link here to

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