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The Fran Lebowitz Reader
The Fran Lebowitz Reader | Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz in Public Speaking A Martin Scorsese Picture Now an HBO Documentary Film The Fran Lebowitz Reader brings together in one volume, with a new preface, two bestsellers, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies, by an "important humorist in the classic tradition" (The New York Times Book Review) who is "the natural successor to Dorothy Parker" (British Vogue). In "elegant, finely honed prose" (The Washington Post Book World), Lebowitz limns the vicissitudes of contemporary urban lifeits fads, trends, crazes, morals, and fashions. By turns ironic, facetious, deadpan, sarcastic, wry, wisecracking, and waggish, she is always wickedly entertaining.
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AmyG
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My daughter saw Fran Leibowitz last night and got me a gift. 🙌🏻❤️

Leftcoastzen 😂👏👍 8mo
IndoorDame Awesome 👏👏👏 8mo
Ruthiella Is that smiley face smoking? 😂 8mo
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IamIamIam Haha, amazing!!!! 8mo
Deblovestoread So cool! 8mo
batsy That is so cool! 8mo
AmyG @Ruthiella It is! 🤣 Thanks for appreciating, friends… @Leftcoastzen @IndoorDame @IamIamIam @Deblovestoread @batsy 8mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 8mo
Soubhiville Haha, that‘s great! 8mo
RebL 🪦 ⬅️ me. That‘s a bucket list item! 8mo
UwannaPublishme Love Fran! And that‘s the coolest autograph!!! 😍🙌🏻 8mo
DivineDiana Fabulous! ❤️ 7mo
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Tkgbjenn1
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Mehso-so

Fran Lebowitz made a career out of New York sardonic social commentary with the foundation based on two books about New York life that have been combined in this volume. Now more of a public speaker and satirist, I find her more interesting live than in prose. Although, it could be that this book focuses on life in New York in the 70‘s and 80‘s and it‘s just dated.

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squirrelbrain
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Bailedbailed

Yes, I bailed on a book! (Probably only because it‘s a library book)

I‘m disappointed it was this book though. I loved the Netflix series Pretend It‘s a City and have been wanting to read this ever since. However I felt that Lebowitz‘s humour and acerbity just didn‘t come across on the page, and I found myself skim-reading a lot of the essays.

She‘s touring in the UK in June though and I‘m still looking forward to seeing her.

BarbaraBB You bailed! So not like you ❤️ 2y
Cathythoughts Love your table and fire 👌❤️ 2y
squirrelbrain I know @BarbaraBB but I got so many books out of the library that I decided to be brave! 🤣 2y
squirrelbrain Thanks @Cathythoughts - it‘s been a lovely bright day today but it‘s going to be freezing overnight so we lit the 🔥- lovely and cosy! 2y
Simona ☹️ Oh, I loved Pretend it‘s a City too! 2y
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janerzy
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Mehso-so

Hilarious. Also, watch the Netflix show “Pretend It‘s a City”!

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AnneCecilie
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Pickpick

I have tickets to an event with hero June and I wanted to prepare myself. I like her sense of humor and writing. The texts in this collection in the 70s and 80s and don‘t feel as dated as one would have thought.

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AnneCecilie
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From her essay “To Have and Do Not”.

On film rights being bought before the book is published and even written. And book being bought before it is written.

This is just too funny.

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AnneCecilie
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A combined #BookReport and #WeeklyForecast this week

I finished my advent reads Adventsstjernen and Seldas julekalender. I read The Christmas Train. Then I started Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery, but I didn‘t get along with it and DNF. Then I went straight for The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch.

Now I‘m currently reading The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List and I desember, and I want to finish in those.

Next up is the tagged

AnneCecilie book and then I‘ll either read The Solemn Lantern Maker or Synder. 2y
Cinfhen What‘s happening with Chess and handball?! Best wishes for a Happy New Year 🎊 2y
AnneCecilie @Cinfhen Our Women‘s Handball Team won the world championship. The rapid chess starts today and last for 3 days then the blitz chess starts and lasts for 2 days. Thank you and the same to you 2y
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GidgetsTreasures75
The Fran Lebowitz Reader | Fran Lebowitz
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2-19-21: My 19th finished book of 2021! This reader is the two books Ms. Lebowitz has written: Metropolitan Life and Social Studies. Both are humorist essays with that signature voice, wit and sarcastic style. I highly recommend watching Pretend It‘s a City on Netflix to get a feel for who Fran Lebowitz is before reading these essays. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #franlebowitz 👍🏼📖#️⃣1️⃣9️⃣

rather_be_reading OMG MUST READ! 3y
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Come-read-with-me
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“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” Fran Lebowitz

rather_be_reading LOVE this! 5y
Come-read-with-me @rather_be_reading She is such a strong, spectacular voice! Wish more people lived by her philosophy! 5y
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youngreadrshelf
The Fran Lebowitz Reader | Fran Lebowitz
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Pickpick

From 3 of her essay collections. Many are dated, but they are still a really funny look at life in NYC.

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youngreadrshelf
The Fran Lebowitz Reader | Fran Lebowitz
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"Reading is not a particularly popular pastime -- hence the warm welcome the majority of the population has extended to such things as snowmobiles, tape decks, and citizen-band radios." -- Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

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Lindy
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NYT: If you could require the president to read one book, what would it be?

Fran: It would depend on who‘s reading it to him.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/books/review/fran-lebowitz-by-the-book.htm...

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Sick burn, Fran. 7y
Smrloomis 😂😂😂 but also so true it hurts 😣😣😣 7y
Lcsmcat 😂 7y
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Hobbinol Luv her! 7y
melbeautyandbooks 😂👏🏻❤ 7y
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GoneFishing
The Fran Lebowitz Reader | Fran Lebowitz

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not possibly have met.

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Lauren_reading
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When I'm waiting for the Goodreads app to load and the quote is kind of awesome so that I don't even mind the spinning thing. But you should think while you read too...

Lola I always wish these quotes, especially the longer ones, would last a bit longer than they do! 7y
JanuarieTimewalker13 @Lola Me too!! They flash by too quickly, then I have to google the bits and pieces I get. Lol 7y
MyNamesParadise Omg Goodreads can take forever!!! I prefer using the internet browser version than the app. 7y
Mommamanzi This is one of my fav parts about Goodreads! 7y
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GoneFishing
The Fran Lebowitz Reader | Fran Lebowitz

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

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Reita325
The Fran Lebowitz Reader | Fran Lebowitz
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This is a combination of Metropolitan Life and Social Studies, both of which are quite droll. Fran never disappoints; I just wish she was more prolific~

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