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The Journey of Marcel’s Letters – An Interview with Carolyn Porter
by, Audrey Arnold
November 20, 2018

Carolyn Porter is a “graphic designer, typography geek, and founder of the graphic design company Porterfolio,” but you may know her as the author of Marcel’s Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate. This memoir recounts Carolyn Porter’s journey through designing a font and her quest for answers about Marcel Heuzé, the World War II forced laborer whose handwriting inspired the font…. [Read More]

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Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay by A. Erdman
by, Jill Swenson
October 9, 2012

Before Lady Gaga, before Madonna, Cher, Lucy. Even before Mae West. In fact, Mae West started out in the shadows of the original cyclonic comedienne, Eva Tanguay (1879-1947). Andy Eerdman unearths the lost legacy of  one of the most famous women in her day in this compelling history, Queen of Vaudeville, just released by Cornell University Press. Raised in a typical New England mill town, Miss… [Read More]

Filed Under: Andrew Erdman, book trailer, Cher, Cornell University Press, cyclonic, Eva Tanguay, I Don't Care, Lady Gaga, Lucy, Madonna, Mae West, Mary Brett Lorson & the Soubrettes, Queen of Vaudeville, signature song
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Robot Arms and Space Cowboys
by, Jill Swenson
April 18, 2011

If you want to watch a rising star with a bestselling book, look to Andrew Kessler and Martian Summer. He’s part gonzo journalist, i.e. Mary Roach with gonads, and part wacky hip ad-man, i. e. his real life gig as Creative Director, HUGE. The social media buzz isn’t shameless self-promotion; it’s comedy central. Yup, the book trailers are only a piece to this sweet marketing mix… [Read More]

Filed Under: Andrew Kessler, book trailer, heroes, humans, Mars, Martian Summer, Mary Roach, NASA scientists, Regolith, sol, space, time shifting
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