Dr. George Fielding knows well the appetites of man. For the first 42 years of his life, his own was insatiable—a yawning, gaping feeling he likened to Edvard Munch’s The Scream—and he devoured nearly everything in sight, until he weighed well over 300 pounds. Now, nearly eight years later and more than 100 pounds thinner, Read More
Mr. Roger C. Altman
Evercore Partners
55 East 52nd Street
New York, N.Y. 10055
Dear Roger:
You may recall that I wrote you a couple of years ago in connection with some ideas for the Kerry campaign. I didn’t hear back, which didn’t surprise me, although now that I think about it, the fact that Read More
Mr. Roger C. Altman
Evercore Partners
55 East 52nd Street
New York, N.Y. 10055
Dear Roger:
You may recall that I wrote you a couple of years ago in connection with some ideas for the Kerry campaign. I didn’t hear back, which didn’t surprise me, although now that I think about Read More
“Read any good books lately?” It’s a corny question, but one that has been successfully vanquishing conversational lulls at cocktail parties since Jackie Collins was knee-high to Barbara Cartland.
This holiday season, a new and perverse variation on this age-old standby is making the rounds at Manhattan soirées. Instead of “Read any good books Read More
“Read any good books lately?” It’s a corny question, but one that has been successfully vanquishing conversational lulls at cocktail parties since Jackie Collins was knee-high to Barbara Cartland.
This holiday season, a new and perverse variation on this age-old standby is making the rounds at Manhattan soirées. Instead of “Read any good books lately?”, Read More
Would someone write a great role for the great J. Smith-Cameron? True, this delightful actress is currently playing three roles in Elaine May’s “three new plays” that make up After the Night and the Music at the Biltmore on Broadway. But a sketch isn’t a play any more than a pavement artist is a painter, Read More
A Mouthful of Air , by Amy Koppelman. MacAdam/Cage, 212 pages, $23.
Two years ago, I was giddily anticipating motherhood. Yet when my son burst into a fluorescent world, wailing, I sank into darkness. I saw the baby as an intruder, kidnapper of my husband, spoiler of my wonderfully uncluttered life. Dutifully I ooh Read More
The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor’s Disappearance by Benjamin Anastas. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 277 pages, $24.
If books were shelved according to the cadence of their titles rather than by the names of their authors, Benjamin Anastas’ new novel might find itself wedged between Narrative of the Planting of the Massachusetts Colony and Wonder-Working Read More
So is it unreasonable of me to want a gas mask, a foldable one I could carry in my shoulder bag? How about, instead of the daily vitamin I never remember to take, I get myself a supply of anthrax antidote and, each morning while I’m waiting for the elevator to rise to my floor, Read More
