A Very Hot Granta Party

Addressing the crowd from the cash register-cum-bar, John Freeman gave a classic old-media rallying cry.

“Magazines and bookstores are in the same boat,” he told the crowd. “We’re all floating or sinking together.”

Mr. Freeman hosted his first release party as Granta editor on Thursday night at Three Lives & Co. But whatever his trepidation Read More

Gloria Vanderbilt Would Like Her Reputation to Be Ruined, Thank You Very Much!

The balmy evening of Wednesday, July 15, saw an unusual crowd at the Diane von Furstenberg store on Washington Street, gathered to celebrate the release of Gloria Vanderbilt’s newest literary endeavor: Obsession: An Erotic Tale. Upper East Siders who may not have ventured below 14th Street since the J.F.K. administration, together with meatpacking district regulars, hobbled Read More

Move Over, Padma … Salman’s Got a New Dish!

Ravishing Chicago restaurateur Rohini Dey perhaps felt a bit conflicted about opening her first New York eatery. She had full faith in the food. But the ambiance?

“The stakes are so much higher here, and every day the Dow sinks 300 points,” noted the beautiful and brainy 40-year-old former World Bank economist–turned–gastronomist as she Read More

Salman Rushdie: The Outlook is “Bleak”

At Thursday evening’s launch for Columbia University’s Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, Salmon Rushdie appeared at Low Memorial Library with Columbia English Professor Gauri Viswanathan for a discussion and Q&A session. As has been happening of late, the talk quickly turned to politics when Ms. Viswanathan asked Mr. Rushdie about his "outlook" on Read More