Verve Acquires New Deal, Boutique Agency for TV Directors
The move is in step with a strategic growth spree of the last yearUmberto Gonzalez | March 15, 2021 @ 12:09 PM Last Updated: March 15, 2021 @ 12:17 PM
Verve has acquired veteran TV literary agent Paul Alan Smith’s agency New Deal MFG. Co., a boutique literary agency for television directors, the agency announced on Monday.
New Deal’s founding partner Paul Alan Smith and agent Tyler Reynolds will join Verve and work within their teams to shepherd New Deal’s longstanding clients, integrating them into the agency’s existing roster of clients. New Deal’s other founding partner Lee Rosenbaum, who has served as chief operating office and general counsel to the firm, will continue as an adviser to the agency.
Letters of life from slow death row
Letters of life from slow death row
February 15, 2021
Inside prison, Tiyo Attallah Salah-El was a jazz musician, writing music and organizing in-prison shows in addition to his work helping fellow prisoners access quality education.
A review of ‘Pen Pal: Prison Letters from a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row’ by Tiyo Attallah Salah-El
by David Gilbert
This inspiring book consists of a selection of 92 of the 568 letters prisoner Tiyo Attallah Salah-El sent out to Paul Alan Smith over the course of 14 years – just one of Tiyo’s richly engaging correspondences. From this book, one can learn a lot about the realities of prison and see a stellar example of a wonderfully productive life despite all kinds of obstacles and feel the passion for social justice.