Peter Alson‘s The Only Way To Play It tells the story of Nathan Fischer, a struggling 30-year-old painter who is supporting his wife and young daughter by playing poker in the cutthroat underground clubs of New York City, trying to weather the vagaries of luck that afflict card players and artists alike. In David Michaelis’ biography Eleanor, the author provides a fascinating look at one of our country’s most revered first ladies, Eleanor Roosevelt. The two lifelong friends are joined by Inspicio founding editor-in-chief Raymond Elman – who first met them in 1970 – as they explore the various connections between art and poker, and the role of luck in each.
In Conversation: On The Only Way To Play It & Eleanor
In Conversation: On The Only Way To Play It & Eleanor
Author:
Peter Alson, David Michaelis, Raymond Elman
Raymond Elman
Artist, writer and editor Raymond Elman co-founded Provincetown Arts magazine in 1985. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Inspicio arts publication platform, which is sponsored by the School of Journalism + Media in The College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts at Florida International University. Elman’s paintings have been widely exhibited and are included in numerous collections. His large-scale portraits of Pulitzer Prize recipients Stanley Kunitz, Jhumpa Lahiri, Alan Dugan and U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Elman holds a BS and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
David Michaelis
David Michaelis is the author of six books, including the national bestsellers N. C. Wyeth (Alfred A. Knopf; Harper Perennial), which won the 1999 Ambassador Book Award for Biography, and Schulz and Peanuts (Harper; Harper Perennial), a National Book Critics Circle Best Recommended Book.
Peter Alson
Peter Alson is the author of six books, including The Only Way To Play It, One of a Kind and The Vig (originally published as Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie). He is also an editor, the founder of Arbitrary Press, and a one-time professional poker player.
