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WELL-CONNECTED AUTHORS:Benchley and Weiss share a large network of media personalities, designers, photographers, musicians, and artisans, including Seth Meyers, Carly Simon, Jorie Graham, Jim Belushi, and Amy Brenneman.BELOVED DESTINATION: Martha''s Vineyard is one of the most fantasized about summer destinations on the East Coast, getting more than 100,000 visitors every summer. It has hosted many famous visitors including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and John Belushi, and was the filming destination of the famous Jaws franchise.HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Readers will learn about this historic island and the important people and places that have contributed to its unique bohemian design aesthetic and culture. The book features the legacy of the island''s origin as Niope-as the Wampanoag Indians originally named the land-the whaling industry, and the historic Black community of Oak''s Bluff.
About the author
Tamara Weiss lives on Martha’s Vineyard. She is a film producer and interior designer and the author of the
Potluck at Midnight Farm cookbook, named after the home store she owned with Carly Simon, her partner. Besides her documentary film,
Born into the Gig, she has a number of film and television projects under development. All of her projects derive from her creative life on Martha’s Vineyard and the artistic community who live there.
Amanda Benchley is an experienced arts and design journalist whose articles have appeared in the
New York Times, the
Wall Street Journal,
Galerie, and
Introspective Magazine. She is the author of
Artists Living with Art;
Our Shoes, Our Selves; and
Open Studio.
