{"product_id":"all-the-art-thats-fit-jerelle-kraus-9780231138246","title":"All the Art That's Fit to Print (and Some That Wasn't): Inside the New York Times Op-Ed Page","description":"\u003ci\u003eAll the Art That's Fit to Print\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the true story of the world's first Op-Ed page, a public platform that--in 1970--prefigured the Internet blogosphere. Not only did the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's nonstaff bylines shatter tradition, but the pictures were revolutionary. Unlike anything ever seen in a newspaper, Op-Ed art became a globally influential idiom that reached beyond narrative for metaphor and changed illustration's very purpose and potential. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJerelle Kraus, whose thirteen-year tenure as Op-Ed art director far exceeds that of any other art director or editor, unveils a riveting account of working at the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e. Her insider anecdotes include the reasons why artist Saul Steinberg hated the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, why editor Howell Raines stopped the presses to kill a feature by \u003ci\u003eDoonesbury\u003c\/i\u003e's Garry Trudeau, and why reporter Syd Schanburg--whose story was told in the movie \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Fields\u003c\/i\u003e--stated that he would travel anywhere to see Kissinger hanged, as well as Kraus's tale of surviving two and a half hours alone with the dethroned peerless outlaw, Richard Nixon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Art\u003c\/i\u003e features a satiric portrayal of John McCain, a classic cartoon of Barack Obama by Jules Feiffer, and a drawing of Hillary Clinton and Obama by Barry Blitt. But when Frank Rich wrote a column discussing Hillary Clinton exclusively, the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e refused to allow Blitt to portray her. Nearly any notion is palatable in prose, yet editors perceive pictures as a far greater threat. Confucius underestimated the number of words an image is worth; the thousand-fold power of a picture is also its curse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOp-Ed's subject is the world, and its illustrations are created by the world's finest graphic artists. The 142 artists whose work appears in this book hail from thirty nations and five continents, and their 324 pictures-gleaned from a total of 30,000-reflect artists' common drive to communicate their creative visions and to stir our vibrant cultural-political pot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerelle Kraus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231138245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231138246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 9.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2008 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2008 pg. 64","brand":"Jerelle Kraus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913483288831,"sku":"9780231138246","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_75423fcc-f0b3-4d12-b569-4689222887f9.jpg?v=1680620621","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/all-the-art-thats-fit-jerelle-kraus-9780231138246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}