Top of the Stack
Mr. Mike’s America
Michael O’Donoghue was known as the sicko of Seventies comedy, a man who set out to disturb his audience on a primal level then dared them to laugh anyway.
The Front Page
The Stacks Chat: Mary Gabriel
Lee, Elaine, Joan, Helen, Grace and the Ninth Street women at the heart of the scene when New York became the art capitol of the world.
People Aren’t Tidy
“I’m curious about what makes people behave the way they do. Trying to figure that out is really fun—trying to get it right. Sometimes people can explain themselves to you, but not usually.”
And Don’t Call Her Bogie’s Baby
How Lauren Bacall left the past behind and earned her Applause.
Nick Nolte Hangs Tough
In Hollywood, you have to be a little berserk to keep from going berserk.
Ex Drops In
Knocking ’em back with the ultimate writer’s writer.
… The Joy of Boredom …
It takes time, practice, patience and money to learn the difference between the truly boring and the spuriously dreary.
The Post-Celluloid Tristesse of Raquel Welch
Being a sex symbol isn’t all it’s cracked-up to be.
Controlling Force
There was no pop in his fastball, no drop in his curve, but Greg Maddux used his smarts to become the best pitcher in Major League Baseball.
The Bustling Days and Rum-and-Coke Nights of Barney Rosset
Down but not out with the greatest publisher of the 20th Century.
Joe Biden in the Crunch
Forever Presidential, Joe Biden, Delaware Democrat, Goes For Broke Against Robert Bork.
The Man Behind the Curtain
Jay Lovinger, the Yoda of magazine writing, and the invisible art of editing.
Smart Tartt
In 1992 Donna Tartt’s first novel created a sensation in the literary world. Tartt was a throwback, a T.S. Eliot freak with a southern-gothic past, as well as a breakaway talent.