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New York Stories: Landmark Writing from Four Decades of New York Magazine
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by Editors of New York Magazine, Tom Wolfe (Foreword by), Steve Fishman (Editor), John Homans (Editor), Adam Moss (Editor)
Editors of New York Magazine
New York Stories: Landmark Writing from Four Decades of New York Magazine
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Overview
The magazine that is the city that is the world
Just in time for its fortieth anniversary, New York magazine presents a stunning collection of some of its best and most influential articles, stories that captured the spectacle, the turbulence, and the cultural realignments of the past four decades.
Covering subjects from “Radical Chic” to Gawker.com, written by some of the country’s most renowned authors, here are works that broke news, perfectly captured the moment, or set trends in motion. In New York Stories, Gloria Steinem (whose Ms. Magazine was introduced in New York) broaches the subject of women’s liberation; Tom Wolfe coins “The Me Decade”; and Steve Fishman piercingly portrays the unwanted martyrdom of the 9/11 widows. Cutting edge features that invented terms like “brat pack” and “grup”; profiles of defining cultural figures including Joe Namath, Truman Capote, and long-shot presidential candidate Bill Clinton; and reports that inspired the acclaimed movies Saturday Night Fever, GoodFellas, and Grey Gardens–all are included in this one-of-a-kind compilation.
The writers who chronicled the times that began with Nixon’s campaign and end with Obama’s are at their best in New York Stories. It’s an irresistible anthology from a magazine that, like the city itself, is still making stars, setting standards, and going strong.
Just in time for its fortieth anniversary, New York magazine presents a stunning collection of some of its best and most influential articles, stories that captured the spectacle, the turbulence, and the cultural realignments of the past four decades.
Covering subjects from “Radical Chic” to Gawker.com, written by some of the country’s most renowned authors, here are works that broke news, perfectly captured the moment, or set trends in motion. In New York Stories, Gloria Steinem (whose Ms. Magazine was introduced in New York) broaches the subject of women’s liberation; Tom Wolfe coins “The Me Decade”; and Steve Fishman piercingly portrays the unwanted martyrdom of the 9/11 widows. Cutting edge features that invented terms like “brat pack” and “grup”; profiles of defining cultural figures including Joe Namath, Truman Capote, and long-shot presidential candidate Bill Clinton; and reports that inspired the acclaimed movies Saturday Night Fever, GoodFellas, and Grey Gardens–all are included in this one-of-a-kind compilation.
The writers who chronicled the times that began with Nixon’s campaign and end with Obama’s are at their best in New York Stories. It’s an irresistible anthology from a magazine that, like the city itself, is still making stars, setting standards, and going strong.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812979923 |
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| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 09/16/2008 |
| Pages: | 624 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d) |
About the Author
New York magazine began publishing in 1968.
Tom Wolfe is the author of a dozen books, among them such contemporary classics as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his BA at Washington and Lee University and a PhD in American studies at Yale. He lives in New York City.
Steve Fishman is a contributing writer who has written several of New York magazine's most notable stories.
John Homans served as executive editor of New York magazine for nearly twenty years.
Adam Moss has been New York magazine's editor in chief since 2004.
Tom Wolfe is the author of a dozen books, among them such contemporary classics as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his BA at Washington and Lee University and a PhD in American studies at Yale. He lives in New York City.
Steve Fishman is a contributing writer who has written several of New York magazine's most notable stories.
John Homans served as executive editor of New York magazine for nearly twenty years.
Adam Moss has been New York magazine's editor in chief since 2004.
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RADICAL CHIC That Party at Lenny’s
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Table of Contents
Foreword Tom Wolfe xi
Introduction xxxi
Matters of Class
Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's Tom Wolfe 3
The Revolt of the White Lower Middle Class Pete Hamill 47
Up with Grups Adam Sternbergh 58
How Not to Be Humiliated in Snob Restaurants Gael Greene 74
David and His Twenty-six Roommates Debbie Nathan 82
The Secret of Grey Gardens Gail Sheehy 92
The Price of Perfection Michael Wolff 110
Everybody Sucks Vanessa Grigoriadis 120
The Rise, the Fall
Namath All Night Long Jimmy Breslin 139
Comedy Isn't Funny Chris Smith 147
Hard to Be Rich John Taylor 165
Hollywood's Brat Pack David Blum 183
The Memory Addict Sam Anderson 192
Bess Myerson Is One Tough Customer Susan Berman 206
Unanswered Prayers: The Death and Life of Truman Capote Julie Baumgold 216
Woody and Me Nancy Jo Sales 234
I Run to Win Jimmy Breslin 241
Cultures, Sub- and Otherwise
Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night Nik Cohn 255
Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet Mark Jacobson 273
The Death of (the Idea of) the Upper East Side Jay McInerney 284
One Brief, Scuzzy Moment Gary Indiana 297
Critics in the World of the Rising Souffle (or Is It the Rising Meringue?) Nora Ephron 307
The Boo Taboo John Simon 321
If You've Been Afraid to Go to Elaine's These Past Twenty Years, Here's What You've Missed George Plimpton 331
How to Do a Real Crossword Puzzle Stephen Sondheim 336
The Dead Wives Club, or Char in Love Steve Fishman 346
The Permanent Revolution
After Black Power, Women's Liberation Gloria Steinem 367
Race: The Issue Joe Klein 374
Female Chauvinist Pigs Ariel Levy 388
Say Everything Emily Nussbaum 400
Swapping Judith Viorst 416
My Breast: One Woman's Cancer Story Joyce Wadler 418
The "Me" Decade Tom Wolfe 434
Criminal Acts
The Crack in the Shield Michael Daly 459
The Headmistress and the Diet Doctor Anthony Haden-Guest 477
The {dollar}2,000-an-Hour Woman Mark Jacobson 491
Wiseguy Nicholas Pileggi 510
Sid Vicious and Nauseating Nancy: A Love Story Ron Rosenbaum 522
The National Interest
In Your Heart, You Know He's Nixon Gloria Steinem 535
Wallace Agonistes Garry Wills 536
The Luck of Spiro Agnew David Halberstam 540
Jerry Ford and His Flying Circus: A Presidential Diary Richard Reeves 543
Bill Clinton: Who Is This Guy? Joe Klein 549
Oh, the Humility Kurt Andersen 551
The Meme Prisoner John Heilemann 555
Is John McCain Bob Dole? John Heilemann 559
Dreaming of Obama Jennifer Senior 562
Acknowledgments 567
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