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Lebowitz gained fame for her books Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981), which were combined into The Fran Lebowitz Reader in 1994. She has been the subject of two projects directed by Martin Scorsese, the HBO documentary film Public Speaking (2010), and the Netflix docu-series Pretend It's a City (2021).
In “elegant, finely honed prose” (The Washington Post Book World), Lebowitz limns the vicissitudes of contemporary urban life—its fads, trends, crazes, morals, and fashions. By turns ironic, facetious, deadpan, sarcastic, wry, wisecracking, and waggish, Fran Lebowitz is always wickedly entertaining.
In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators. Her essays and interviews offer her acerbic views on current events and the media – as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, after-shave lotion, adults who roller skate ...
Apr 9, 2020 · Fran Lebowitz is the patron saint of staying at home and doing nothing. She is famously averse to working, and famously resistant to technology; she has no cell phone or...
Jan 22, 2021 · Fran Lebowitz, professional wit, offers her take on New York in a new Netflix series. But for a city that’s always changing, her shtick remains the same.
May 22, 2024 · Fran Lebowitz is an American writer, cultural critic, and raconteur who is best known for her acerbic, witty essays that lampoon modern life. She published the best-selling essay collections Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981).
Oct 19, 2023 · Professional raconteur Fran Lebowitz thinks art should be useless. And that you should probably wear shoes.
Dec 28, 2021 · New York iconoclast and humorist Fran Lebowitz was the subject of Martin Scorsese's Netflix series 'Pretend It's A City.'
Dec 28, 2021 · Fran Lebowitz is your NYC tour guide in 'Pretend It's a City'. In the series, Lebowitz talks with Martin Scorsese about getting kicked out of high school, driving a cab in New York City in...
Feb 19, 2021 · Writer Fran Lebowitz discusses cancel culture, the Capitol riots and Martin Scorsese's films.
