By Alexandra Jacobs 6/07/04 12:00am

A Sort-of Sequel to The Kiss: Mom Was No Picnic Either

The Mother Knot , by Kathryn Harrison. Random House, 82 pages, $16.95.

You read that right, sister: 82 pages . There’s a certain defiant, fuck-you quality to publishing a book that short, isn’t there? It could be a masterstroke of editing-or marketing.

Angular and angry author Kathryn Harrison, who devoted over twice Read More

By Alexandra Jacobs 2/26/01 12:00am

Eight Day Week

Wednesday 21st

Duchamping at the bit? O.K., all you arty people: Manhattan is absolutely overrun with “shows” this week. Not the thea-tuh kind, not Comedy Central’s The Man Show (which currently has our Precious clenched firmly in its hairy grip), but shows full of pricey junk with which to cram your apartment. The snow of Read More