A couple of months ago while at The New Yorker’s offices at One World Trade Center, cartoonist Liza Donnelly took this photo of a Peter Arno New Yorker cover hanging in a hallway. There are more Arnos hanging around the magazine’s new digs, but this particular spot is my favorite as there’s also
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Book of Interest: Edward Sorel’s “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936”
Coming in early October, Edward Sorel‘s latest: Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 (Liveright). From the publisher: In a hilarious send-up of sex, scandal, and the Golden Age of Hollywood, legendary cartoonist Edward Sorel brings us a story (literally) ripped from the headlines of a bygone era. Link here to Mr. Sorel’s New Yorker work.
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