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Advertisements for Himself (Review) James Wolcott
How to Be Alone, by Jonathan Franzen
- How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen

Annals of Journalism: Hear Me PurrJames Wolcott
How Maureen Down made the political personal

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The Beltway Boy (Review) James Wolcott
Ghost Light, by Frank Rich
- Ghost Light by Frank Rich

Books
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Blasts from the past (Review) James Wolcott
Underworld, by Don DeLillo
- Underworld by Don DeLillo

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Books: Holly Godeadly (3 Reviews) James Wolcott and Rhoda Koenig
Zoe, by Dirk Wittenborn
- Zoe by Dirk Wittenborn
- Monimbo by Robert Moss and Arnaud de Borchgrave
- Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem

The Critics
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Books: I Lost It in the Saucer (Review) James Wolcott
Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind, by C.D.B. Bryan
- Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind by C.D.B. Bryan


The Critics
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Books: Rotten and Vicious (Review) James Wolcott
Rotten, by John Lydon
- Rotten by John Lydon

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Boozy Lives (Review) James Wolcott
Oh!, by Mary Robison
- Oh! by Mary Robison

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Brave New World (Review) James Wolcott
Easy Travel to Other Planets, by Ted Mooney
- Easy Travel to Other Planets by Ted Mooney

The Catsitters (2001)James Wolcott
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Chipmunk Serenade (Review) James Wolcott
The Age of Missing Information, by Bill McKibben
- The Age of Missing Information by Bill McKibben

Books & the Arts
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The Counter-Life (Review) James Wolcott
The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

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Crazy for You (Review) James Wolcott
Sights Unseen, by Kaye Gibbons
- Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons

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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) James Wolcott
Nice Guys Finish Last
- The Juror (1996 Film) by Brian Gibson
- A Midwinter's Tale (1996 Film) by Kenneth Branagh


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The Current Cinema (Review) James Wolcott
Reborn on the Fourth of July
- Independence Day (1996 Film) by Roland Emmerich

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The Current Cinema (Review) James Wolcott
A Nose for News
- Up Close and Personal (1996 Film) by Jon Avnet

The D.H. Lawrence All-Star JamboreeJames Wolcott
Show Biz meets Literature in New Mexico

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Dating Your Dad (Review) James Wolcott
The Kiss, by Kathryn Harrison
- The Kiss by Kathryn Harrison

Dept. of Amplification: With Respect to RoseannJames Wolcott
How the comedienne gets herself---and The New Yorker---into so much trouble

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Do Not Go Sober (Review) James Wolcott
The Old Devils, by Kingsley Amis
- The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis

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The Fatal Handjob (Review) James Wolcott
Indignation, by Philip Roth
- Indignation by Philip Roth

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The Fate of the Hearth (Review) James Wolcott
History in Sherman Park, by Jonathan Schell
- History in Sherman Park by Jonathan Schell

At the GalleriesJames Wolcott and Enrique Badulescu
Kate Moss

Books
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Gass attack (Review) James Wolcott
The Tunnel, by William H. Gass
- The Tunnel by William H. Gass

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Honest Floozies (3 Reviews) James Wolcott
Symphony for the Devil, by Philip Norman
- Symphony for the Devil by Philip Norman
- Dance with the Devil by Stanley Booth
- Dylan by Jonathan Cott

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Idiot Wind (Review) James Wolcott
Dylan's Visions of Sin, by Christopher Ricks
- Dylan's Visions of Sin by Christopher Ricks

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The Ikette (Review) James Wolcott
My Pilgrim's Progress, by George W.S. Trow
- My Pilgrim's Progress by George W.S. Trow

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In Like Flynn (Review) James Wolcott
Errol Flynn, by Charles Higham
- Errol Flynn by Charles Higham


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Kvetchy But Unbowed (Review) James Wolcott
Joshua Then and Now, by Mordecai Richler
- Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler

Books
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The last swinger (Review) James Wolcott
Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
- Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth

LettersA.J. Ayer, Norman Dorsen, James Wolcott, and John Taft, ...

LettersRichard Stern, James Wolcott, and William Herrick, ...

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Life Among the Ninnies (Review) James Wolcott
The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. VII: 1966-1974, by Gunther Stuhlmann and Anais Nin
- The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. VII: 1966-1974 by Gunther Stuhlmann and Anais Nin

Life and Letters: Kingsley's RansomJames Wolcott
Why have the British turned on Kingsley Amis?

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Lightly Toasted (Review) James Wolcott
Show People, by Kenneth Tynan
- Show People by Kenneth Tynan

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Make-out Artist (Review) James Wolcott
Singled Out, by Richard Schickel
- Singled Out by Richard Schickel

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The Male Eunuch (Review) James Wolcott
Stiffed, by Susan Faludi
- Stiffed by Susan Faludi

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Meow Mix (3 Reviews) James Wolcott
Mommy Wars, by Leslie Morgan Steiner
- Mommy Wars by Leslie Morgan Steiner
- To Hell With All That by Caitlin Flanagan
- Get to Work by Linda R. Hirshman

Mixed MediaJames Wolcott
Lives of the TV stars

Mixed MediaJames Wolcott
"Central Park West"

Mixed MediaJames Wolcott
Bill Cosby's return

Mixed MediaJames Wolcott
The new news

Mixed mediaJames Wolcott
Too Much Pulp


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Mod Apostle (Review) James Wolcott
Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut
- Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut

The Neat StuffJames Wolcott
Girl gymnasts are authentic American heroines

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Night Crawlers (Review) James Wolcott
My Education: A Book of Dreams, by William S. Burroughs
- My Education: A Book of Dreams by William S. Burroughs

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Noses Jobs (Review) James Wolcott
How I Grew, by Mary McCarthy
- How I Grew by Mary McCarthy

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Pseudo Verite

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
The Last Swinger

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Uncle Joe and the Brothers J

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On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Prime-Time Justice

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
New Shows for Hard Times

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Roseanne Hits Home

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On TelevisionJames Wolcott
CNBC: They Talk by Night

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Amateur hours

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Cops" and "Homicide"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"The Rush Limbaugh Show"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Columbo in Furs

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Def Comedy Jam," "Laurel Avenue"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Charlie Rose"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
P.C. Cheesecake

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Barbarians at the Gate"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Tribeca"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Wild Palms"

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On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Howard Stern and Jerry Seinfeld

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"NYPD Blue"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
The late-night lineup

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"And the Band Played On"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"The X-Files"

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On TelevisionJames Wolcott

The Critics
On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Richard Ben Cramer's "Tabloid Truth"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"The Critic," "Beavis and Butt-head"

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On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Tales of the City," "The Buddha of Suburbia"

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On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"To Play the King"

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On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Models Inc.," "The Real World"

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On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Dennis Miller

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Last Call"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Baseball"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Sisters"

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Standup comics

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
Peggy Noonan and Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington

On TelevisionJames Wolcott
"Tyson"


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On Television: Designing CoupleJames Wolcott
Bringing realpolitik to prime time


Onward and Upward with the Arts: Blood TestJames Wolcott
Can the director John Woo's violent vision survive Hollywood?

Palpitations: Blowing Smoke Into the ZeitgeistJames Wolcott
The well-deserved resurrection of Jean Stafford

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Palpitations: Call Me Bwana (Review) James Wolcott
An Ice-Cream War, by William Boyd
- An Ice-Cream War by William Boyd

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Palpitations: Enter the Mummy (Review) James Wolcott
Ancient Evenings, by Norman Mailer
- Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer
The Harpers Monthly, May 1983, pp. 81-83

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Palpitations: Hammett's Long Goodbye (Review) James Wolcott
Dashiell Hammett: A Life, by Diane Johnson
- Dashiell Hammett: A Life by Diane Johnson

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Palpitations: Mooing in the Meadows of Love (4 Reviews) James Wolcott
Confessional novels that give real life a bad name
- How He Saved Her by Ellen Schwamm
- Alexandra Freed by Lisa Zeidner
- Beautiful Women, Ugly Scenes by C.D.B. Bryan
- Heartburn by Nora Ephron

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Palpitations: My Harvard, Your Mama (3 Reviews) James Wolcott
Our Harvard, by Jeffrey L. Lant
- Our Harvard by Jeffrey L. Lant
- My Harvard, My Yale by Diana Dubois
- Sons of Harvard by Toby Marotta

Palpitations: Naughty Old MenJames Wolcott
Peter De Vries and W.M. Spackman

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Palpitations: Philip Larkin's Enormous Yes (Review) James Wolcott
Larkin at Sixty, by Anthony Thwaite
- Larkin at Sixty by Anthony Thwaite


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Palpitations: Stop Me Before I Write Again (Review) James Wolcott
A Bloodsmoor Romance, by Joyce Carol Oates
- A Bloodsmoor Romance by Joyce Carol Oates

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Palpitations: The Prince of Finesse (Review) James Wolcott
Hugging the Shore, by John Updike
- Hugging the Shore by John Updike

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Palpitations: The Sensitive Plante (Review) James Wolcott
Difficult Women, by David Plante
- Difficult Women by David Plante

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Palpitations: Troubadour of Sweat (Review) James Wolcott
The Breaks, by Richard Price
- The Breaks by Richard Price

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Party of Animals (Review) James Wolcott
The Temple of My Familiar, by Alice Walker
- The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker

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Position Papers (Review) James Wolcott
Talk Dirty to Me, by Sallie Tisdale
- Talk Dirty to Me by Sallie Tisdale

PostscriptJames Wolcott and Richard Avedon
Dennis Potter

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R.I.P. (Review) James Wolcott
Edie: American Girl, by Jean Stein and George Plimpton
- Edie: American Girl by Jean Stein and George Plimpton

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Rag Time (Review) James Wolcott
Lives of the Poets, by E.L. Doctorow
- Lives of the Poets by E.L. Doctorow

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Remaking It (2 Reviews) James Wolcott
New York Days, by Willie Morris
- New York Days by Willie Morris
- Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard

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"Map of the World, Martin Frobisher" (Review) James Wolcott
This Life, by Sidney Poitier
- This Life by Sidney Poitier

Books
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S.O.B. story (Review) James Wolcott
The Art of Burning Bridges, by Geoffrey Wolff
- The Art of Burning Bridges by Geoffrey Wolff

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Sailors Have More Fun (Review) James Wolcott
Darconville's Cat, by Alexander Theroux
- Darconville's Cat by Alexander Theroux

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The Secret Sharers (Review) James Wolcott
The Little Drummer Girl, by John le Carre
- The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre

Shouts and MurmursJames Wolcott
The Small Picture

ShowcaseRichard Avedon and James Wolcott
Helen Mirren

Showcase: Larry FlyntHelmut Newton and James Wolcott

Showcase: Michelle PfeifferRichard Avedon and James Wolcott

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Smugged by Reality (Review) James Wolcott
Through the Children's Gate, by Adam Gopnik
- Through the Children's Gate by Adam Gopnik

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Some Fun! (2 Reviews) James Wolcott
Morgan's Passing, by Anne Tyler
- Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler
- Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood

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Son of 'Making It' (Review) James Wolcott
Ambition: The Secret Passion, by Joseph Epstein
- Ambition: The Secret Passion by Joseph Epstein

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Southern Discomfort (2 Reviews) James Wolcott
Captain Maximus, by Barry Hannah
- Captain Maximus by Barry Hannah
- Lives of the Saints by Nancy Lemann

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The Stand-Up Critic (Review) James Wolcott
Mudrick Transcribed: Classes and Talks, by Lance Kaplan and Marvin Mudrick
- Mudrick Transcribed: Classes and Talks by Lance Kaplan and Marvin Mudrick

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Straw Dogs (2 Reviews) James Wolcott
Virginie: Her Two Lives, by John Hawkes
- Virginie: Her Two Lives by John Hawkes
- Sabbatical: A Romance by John Barth

Striking OutJames Wolcott

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Synthetic grit (Review) James Wolcott
Night Train, by Martin Amis
- Night Train by Martin Amis


















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Tiny Coffins (Review) James Wolcott
Music for Chameleons, by Truman Capote
- Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote

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Tom Wolfe's Greatest Hits (Review) James Wolcott
The Purple Decades: A Reader, by Tom Wolfe
- The Purple Decades: A Reader by Tom Wolfe

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TV Guide (4 Reviews) James Wolcott
Television: The First Fifty Years, by Jeff Greenfield
- Television: The First Fifty Years by Jeff Greenfield
- Remote Control by Frank Mankiewicz and Joel Swerdlow
- The Sponsor by Erik Barnouw
- Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander

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The U.S.S. Barbara (Review) James Wolcott
Barbara Bush: A Memoir, by Barbara Bush
- Barbara Bush: A Memoir by Barbara Bush

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Unlucky Jim (Review) James Wolcott
My Life in the Middle Ages, by James Atlas
- My Life in the Middle Ages by James Atlas

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The Unwild Ones (Review) James Wolcott
Beyond the Boom, by Terry Teachout
- Beyond the Boom by Terry Teachout

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Wayne's World (Review) James Wolcott
Jackie Under My Skin, by Wayne Koestenbaum
- Jackie Under My Skin by Wayne Koestenbaum

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Who Needs Enemies? (Review) James Wolcott
Saul Bellow, Drumlin Woodchuck, by Mark Harris
- Saul Bellow, Drumlin Woodchuck by Mark Harris

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Yada Yada Yada (Review) James Wolcott
Story of My Life, by Jay McInerney
- Story of My Life by Jay McInerney

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