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TT: Peekaboo

September 22, 2009 by Terry Teachout

AUTHOR%20PHOTO%20%28KEN%20HOWARD%2C%20LO-RES%29.jpgMy last author photo is so old that it’s (A) in black-and-white and (B) was shot on film. Not surprisingly, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt informed me in no uncertain terms that I needed a new digital photo for the dust jacket of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Alas, I don’t know any professional photographers, but I was lucky enough to run across a terrific one when I went to Santa Fe two months ago for the premiere of The Letter. The Santa Fe Opera employs Ken Howard to shoot its productions, and Ken was kind enough to make himself available between shows to shoot me as well.
The portrait on the left was taken one sunny afternoon in the Crosby Theater, the outdoor auditorium where The Letter was performed. The Givenchy tie that I’m wearing was the one originally belonging to Virgil Thomson that was given to me by Mrs. T as an opening-night present. I’m not especially photogenic, but I like this picture very much. I hope you do, too.

TT: FAQ and A

September 22, 2009 by Terry Teachout

Joanna Pinsker, my publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, recently asked me to prepare a “self-interview” about Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong that could be sent to radio and TV producers. I was more than happy to oblige. I’ve posted a link to the questions and answers in the right-hand column, but in case you didn’t notice it, you can read what I wrote by going here.
Assiduous readers of this blog won’t find any of the information surprising, but it might possibly interest you to see how modern-day authors go about publicizing their books.

TT: Almanac

September 22, 2009 by Terry Teachout

“The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.”
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

Terry Teachout

Terry Teachout, who writes this blog, is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. In addition to his Wall Street Journal drama column and his monthly essays … [Read More...]

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About “About Last Night”

This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout. Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, director, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger. In addition to theater, he writes here and elsewhere about all of the other arts--books, … [Read More...]

About My Plays and Opera Libretti

Billy and Me, my second play, received its world premiere on December 8, 2017, at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Fla. Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, closed off Broadway at the Westside Theatre on June 29, 2014, after 18 previews and 136 performances. That production was directed … [Read More...]

About My Podcast

Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I are the panelists on “Three on the Aisle,” a bimonthly podcast from New York about theater in America. … [Read More...]

About My Books

My latest book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, published in 2013 by Gotham Books in the U.S. and the Robson Press in England and now available in paperback. I have also written biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, and H.L. Mencken, as well as a volume of my collected essays called A … [Read More...]

The Long Goodbye

To read all three installments of "The Long Goodbye," a multi-part posting about the experience of watching a parent die, go here. … [Read More...]

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