Arno Olio #1

From the Department of Self-promotion: Beginning today and on each Sunday leading up to the April 19th publication of Peter Arno’s biography, I’ll post something Arno-related I picked up during these past fifteen years of research and writing. First up, as you can see, is this wonderful cover for the 1939 Yale Junior Prom.  Arno attended Yale for just one

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Peter Arno…the Galley

From The Dept. of Self Promotion Please forgive this moment of tooting my own galley.  It’s an odd and interesting thing finally seeing Arno’s biography closing in on publication.  Just another month or so until it’s finished,  and then off it goes out into the world (Pub date: April 19th)    

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Peter Arno Biography Cover Revealed!

You may have noticed on this site an occasional mention of the Peter Arno biography I’ve been working on for the past 15 years. If so, you’ll understand that this is one of those light-at-the-end-of-the-publishing-tunnel moments: the reveal of the cover.  The manuscript is now in the galley phase;  the book itself will be showing up in your local bookstores

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