Glenn O'Brien
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Glenn O’Brien (1947-2017) was one of the most widely read and influential magazine writer-editors of the last fifty years and was a hall-of-fame copywriter and creative director whose ads are ingrained in popular culture. After his graduation from Georgetown University and Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts, O’Brien joined and helped shape Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine, wrote regular columns in publications including Artforum, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Paper, Purple, and Spin. His genre-breaking and defining public access show TV Party featured Debbie Harry, Chris Stein (Blondie), and Basquiat as the house band. Beloved as GQ’s “Style Guy,” his witty advice column was syndicated in GQ editions around the world. O’Brien wrote dozens of books, including 2011’s best-selling How to Be A Man, published in six countries.
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“Enclosed in this beautiful package, please find: an agile mind, a perfect style, a canny and undeceivable heart, and a welcome, enduring presence in the reader’s life.” —Michael Chabon
US Release: Oct 22, 2019 • UK Release: Apr 10, 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 9781733540100 • 336 pages
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