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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).
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- Frances Ann Lebowitz, October 27, 1950 (age 72), Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
The Fran Lebowitz Reader is a collection of two of the famed author's bestsellers, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies, that explore the vicissitudes of contemporary urban life with irony, wit, and humor. The book is a perfect gift for fans of Lebowitz's Netflix limited series, Pretend It's a City, and a great read for anyone who loves her elegant, finely honed prose.
Learn about the life and work of Fran Lebowitz, one of our most insightful social commentators, who offers her acerbic views on current events and the media in her essays and interviews. Find out how she became a cultural satirist, a best-selling author, a TV and film personality, and a style icon.
Jun 18, 2022 · Sat 18 Jun 2022 04.30 EDT. Last modified on Sat 18 Jun 2022 15.56 EDT. B orn in New Jersey, Fran Lebowitz, 71, had a column in Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine in the 1970s. Her first book, a...
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Dec 10, 2022 · Fiona Sturges. The writer is easy to spot if you spend long enough in New York, but interviews have to be over her landline, as she is permanently offline. She reveals why Andy Warhol wasn’t so...
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Aug 28, 2021 · With a hit Netflix series and The Fran Lebowitz Reader now published in the UK, the American wit talks about failing to write, her dislike of Andy Warhol and her best friend Toni Morrison. Sat...
Apr 9, 2020 · Illustration by Chloe Cushman. 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...
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