Flavorwire posted a list of New York’s 100 most important living writers, in slideshow form. And it generated no Twitter grumbling, sarcastic remarks and general Internet complaints at all.
Just kidding. The list debuted to the predictable click-bait bonanza of disbelief and Schadenfreude. Read More
We’d like to take a moment to call your attention to the Tumblr of Knopf publicity director Paul Bogaards, where he has published a conceptual power list (A man after our own hearts!) delineating the hierarchy of book publishing in 2012. Read More
For most Americans, Thanksgiving is a time of pleasure and company, tables heaping with food and surrounded by families and friends. But for a select few, this time of year brings on a feeling of envy and dread: You only get one chance to provide your children with entrée into elite society—and we’re not talking about dark meat. That’s right, frenzied mothers and fathers throughout Manhattan are working around the clock to finish their kids’ applications to top private schools. This is not child’s play. Read More
We’re pretty big fans of power lists over here at the New York Observer. The New Power Gays, The Media Power Couples, the Real Estate Power 100 and the plain old Power 150. What better way to really get to the bottom of a person’s many intricacies than to rank them alongside other people who Read More
