PETER KURTH is the author of Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson, American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson, Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra, and Isadora: A Sensational Life. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveler, Forbes FYI, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Observer, Cosmopolitan, POZ and Harper’s Bazaar. Kurth has written extensively for Salon.com and was “Crank Call” columnist for Vermont’s Seven Days.
This site hosts an archive of my earlier work and a new blog, “Pushing My Luck,” updated at whim.
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November 17, 2011 at 15:41
Your illustration looks a bit like The Amazing Kreskin with a headache and a fez.
April 4, 2012 at 16:40
Isn’t that Boris Karloff from his film “The Mummy”?
April 4, 2012 at 17:46
Indeed.