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Observer’s Guide to 2025’s Best Memoirs and Biographies, From ABBA to Ono

Misunderstood artists. Legendary music icons. A forgotten Golden Age film star. These life stories deserve space in your reading pile.

By Nathan Smith

Journalists on Twitter Stand With Stephen Marche as He Stands With Gawker

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel's revelation last week that he had bankrolled Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker as payback for the site outing him has triggered a new round of thinkpieces.

By John Bonazzo

Snark and Smarm — the Metier of an Empty Generation

It doesn’t shock me that after a slow and growing backlash against snark and vitriol online, some of its worst

By Ryan Holiday

It's Fashion Week in the Eight-Day Week

By Daniel D'Addario

Shunting of the Snark

By Alexandra Jacobs

Denby, Scott Agree: Subway Pick-Up Scene in Milk is Hot; James Franco is Angelic

By John Koblin

Flashback Friday: Gael Greene, Dismissed Insatiable Critic for New York, Was Once Pitchwoman for Magazine

By Matt Haber

Details Discovers Masturbation

By Matt Haber

A Taste of Cindy

By Observer Staff

Read Their Lips: Six Months on the Mouth of American Movies With David Denby

By Observer Staff

Your 19th Nervous Breakdown, Or: We’re Starting to Miss Elizabeth Wurtzel

By NYO Staff

N.Y. Intellectuals Persecuted, Sued In Gloomy Winter

By Rachel Donadio

What Made Mr. Denby Write Nutty Snatch Of Fin de Siècle?

By Adam Begley