The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever
(Harper, 2023)

Saturday, September 30
2:00 p.m.
Lewes Public Library Fireplace Reading Area

About the book
In the 1950s and ’60s, Coenties Slip — an obscure little street at the lower tip of Manhattan, overlooking the East River — was home to a group of extraordinary, then-struggling artists: Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they formed a unique community of unbridled creative expression and experimentation, producing eclectic and influential works that changed the course of American art.

This event is presented in partnership with Rehoboth Art League.

About the author
Prudence Peiffer is an art historian, writer, and editor specializing in modern and contemporary art. She is Managing Editor of the Creative Team at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, Artforum, and other publications.

Peiffer will be in conversation with David Warick at the event.

David Warick has been a professional actor, director, and writer since 1984, when he graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He has acted and directed in improv and sketch comedy shows in Los Angeles, as well as with his own company, Delaware Comedy Theatre.

Purchase the book
Please help support local independent bookstores by purchasing this book at Browseabout Books, official bookseller of the History Book Festival. Online sources and digital versions are tempting; however, supporting local brick and mortar shops helps to preserve our vibrant main streets. Drop by Browseabout, order books online, or call the store at 302-226-2665. You also may purchase a copy at biblion in Lewes.

About the Festival
The History Book Festival is the first and only book festival in the United States devoted exclusively to history. With the help of our presenting funding partners — Delaware Humanities and The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices I PenFed Realty — as well as our program and community partners, volunteers, and donors, the 2023 History Book Festival will be full of great discussions with authors of newly published narrative nonfiction and historical fiction. Our Keynote Address is presented by Sally Mott Freeman and John K. Freeman, and our Closing Address is presented by Dogfish Head Beer & Benevolence.

Special thanks to our program partners for their continuing support: the Lewes Public Library for event promotion and venue; Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach, official bookseller of the History Book Festival; Lewes Chamber of Commerce for event promotion, and the Cape Gazette and Delmarva Public Media, our media partners.

Additional thanks to our community partners: ACLU Delaware, Beebe Healthcare, CAMP Rehoboth, Historic Lewes Farmers Market, Lewes Historical Society, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach Historical Society & Museum, Seaside Jewish Community, and Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ).