Francine Prose
Articles by Francine Prose
The Summer Doldrums
It’s more than the weather, the August doldrums: A dark mood seems to have descended on the city. read more »
The Summer Doldrums
Barry Blitt
George Bush.
It’s more than the weather, the August doldrums: A dark mood seems to have descended on the ci read more »
Satirist's Keen Talent Targets Motherhood Gone Badly Wrong
About a year ago, in a diner on eastern Long Island, I experienced one of those moments—to which w read more »
Satirist’s Keen Talent Targets Motherhood Gone Badly Wrong
Ellen Warner
Acidic humor, stiletto-sharp observational skills: British novelist Edward St. Aubyn.
About a year ago, in a diner on eastern Long Island, I experienced one of those moments—to whi read more »
What Is Depression? A Loss of Identity, Feeling of Being Trapped
It’s more than the weather, the August doldrums: A dark mood seems to have descended on the ci read more »
What Is Depression? A Loss of Identity, Feeling of Being Trapped
It’s more than the weather, the August doldrums: A dark mood seems to have descended on the city. read more »
Model, Teen and Terrorist Face a Culture of Appearances
Look at Me , by Jennifer Egan. Nan A. read more »
Poet, Pilgrim and Memoirist, She Navigates Through Gotham
The Virgin of Bennington , by Kathleen Norris. read more »
Wurtzel's 'Feminist' Agenda: Snagging Male Approval
Radical Sanity: Commonsense Advice for Uncommon Women , by Elizabeth Wurtzel. read more »
How a Family Empire Went to Hell in a Handbag
The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed , by Sara Gay Forden. read more »
The Talent Behind Showgirls Gets Intimate With Clinton
American Rhapsody , by Joe Eszterhas. Alfred A. read more »
Peeping Tom, Dick and Harry Shrink the Fig Leaf of Privacy
The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America , by Jeffrey Rosen. read more »
Ingraham Boomerang Zings Clinton Bashers
The Hillary Trap: Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places , by Laura Ingraham. read more »
Kisses and Limbic Resonance, a Foolish Feeling Called Love
A General Theory of Love , by Thomas Lewis, M.D., Fari Amini, M.D., and Richard Lannon, M.D. read more »
Seventies Comic Still Dead: Best Friend Flubs Resurrection
Andy Kaufman Revealed!: Best Friend Tells All , by Bob Zmuda with Matthew Scott Hansen. read more »
Manilow and Matzoh Balls: Dershowitz Lowers the Bar
In Search of American Jewish Culture , by Stephen J. Whitfield. read more »
Manhattan Moment, Circa 1970, Captured by a Watchful Youth
Capture the Flag , by Rebecca Chace. read more »
Fearless Feminist Leaders, Flawed and Always Fighting
Betty Friedan: Her Life , by Judith Hennessee. read more »
Real Goatskin and Lotsa Gas: The Pressman Saga Unzipped
The Rise and Fall of the House of Barneys: A Family Tale of Chutzpah, Glory and Greed , by Joshua Le read more »
Hanky-Panky Then and Now (And in Our Nation's Capital)
The Technique of the Love Affair , by A Gentlewoman. read more »
So You Wanna Be a Gangsta? Hang With a Street Crew?
Street Kingdom: Five Years Inside the Franklin Avenue Posse , by Douglas Century. read more »
Old Story With 'Bipolar Twist': Braving the Big City in Drag
The Extra Man , by Jonathan Ames. read more »
Freud Bashers' Greatest Hits: Viennese Quack Takes a Beating
Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend , edited by Frederick Crews. read more »
All Mixed Up, And Not Just Tipton
Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton , by Diane Wood Middlebrook. read more »
All Mixed Up: Not Just Tipton, But Our Notions of Gender
Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton, by Diane Wood Middlebrook. read more »
Contemplating What It Means To Believe Among the Fanatical
Damascus Gate , by Robert Stone. read more »
A Middle-Age Night's Dream: Star-Crossed Guys in the 'Burbs
Two Guys From Verona: A Novel of Suburbia , by James Kaplan. read more »
Buying Into What White New York Suspects Them of Being, Anyway
On the Outside Looking In , by Cristina Rathbone. Atlantic Monthly Press, 387 pages, $26. read more »
New York Supergals Love That Naughty Prez
What Do Women (Erica Jong, Nancy Friday) Really Want? read more »
Ophelia or Susan Smith? Divining the Female Monster
When She Was Bad , by Patricia Pearson. Viking, 288 pages, $24.95.
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