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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Area Code 212: New York Days, New York Nightsby Tama Janowitz
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Welcome to the wonderful world of Tama Janowitz, one of New York's wittiest social chroniclers. Area Code 212 is filled with idiosyncratic delights and oddities, including her hilarious account of Andy Warhol's 1980s blind date club; her brief moment of celebrity as an elderly teenage extra in a ZZ Top video; the day she tested mentally retarded on an IQ test; and many other revealing tales of New York life, including its parties, its restaurants, and its fashion. Janowitz gives us her unique lowdown on her 1990s conversion from Manhattan to Brooklyn, on observing the Twin Towers come down from her apartment roof, on hairless dogs and ferrets, babies, the outer boroughs, big-hair days and bad-hair days. Above all, the humor and insights of Area Code 212 will not only appeal to all of those who live in New York City, but also to those from around the country who have a fascination with what it is like to thrive in the urban mecca. Self-deprecating, funny, and touching, Area Code 212 is an irresistible collection of essays. Review:"While Janowitz is famous for her 1986 bestseller Slaves of New York, she's published widely since then — in everything from Vogue to Modern Ferret — and has revised many pieces for this anthology. Apart from the first selection, a horrifying description of having a miscarriage in a toilet at the Museum of Modern Art, most are in the E.B. White mode: witty vignettes on life in New York. Since adopting Chinese babies isn't uncommon in the world of modern Manhattanites, it's not surprising when Janowitz describes the trip she and her husband took to Heifei to adopt. Janowitz's description of her incompetence as a new mom has an almost Marx Brothers quality, as she details their baby fighting a diaper change 'like a wounded fox in a leg-hold trap.' Her essays on animals and pets are characteristically contrarian. She prefers 'timid, feeble, neurotic, snappish, picky, babyish' dogs, but finds the Prospect Park Zoo's kangaroo no more interesting than a 'gigantic rabbit.' Apart from crotchety lapdogs, Janowitz loves food (oozing pizza, pounds of chocolate, doughnuts, steaks, etc.), although she doesn't enjoy elegant hors d'oeuvres at lavish receptions — after all, isn't eating 'basically a solitary pleasure'? 'The '80s died in Manhattan in 1987, along with Andy Warhol,' she writes. But Janowitz herself, older and more self-critical, is still going strong. Agent, Betsy Lerner at the Gernert Company. (Dec.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:"The other day I was walking down the street (again, fully, 100 percent clothed, and when I say 100 percent, that means practically not an inch of exposed skin) and some man on a corner yelled, "You having a bad-hair day! Whoops, I mean you having a bad-hair month! I guess you probably having a bad-hair life!" - from Area Code 212 Praise for Tama Janowitz "A writer of considerable talent." - The New York Observer "A singular talent" - The New York Times Book Review "A true original." - San Francisco Chronicle "Funny, reflective . wonderfully sharp." - The Washington Post "A penetrating eye." - New York magazine About the AuthorTama Janowitz exploded onto the literary scene in 1986 with her bestselling book, Slaves of New York. Her most recent novel is Peyton Amberg. Janowitz's work has appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, Vogue, the New York Times Op-Ed page, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments xi "Another Day Almost Over" by Phyllis Janowitz xii Part One: Family Life 1 Performance Art 3 Looks Good on Paper 8 A New York Marriage 19 Commencement Speech at the Community College of Beaver County 21 Style 29 White, Single and Female in New York City 34 Mothers 39 And Baby Makes Four 42 The New York Child 49 The New York jungle 50 Willow, Aged Four and a Half 61 A Miracle 62 Eat Your Peas 63 Part Two: Animals 67 Why I'm a Little dog Person 69 A New York Squirrel 74 City Squirrel No. 2 75 The Dog without a Personality 78 The Difference between Dogs and Babies 85 The Catlady 89 Ferrets 92 Obsessed with Ferrets 96 A Trip to the Veterinarian 105 Riverside Park 107 The New York Birdman 109 Queen of the Brooklyn Rodeo 113 f0 Raped by Butterflies 117 A Monarch in Manhattan 120 The Kangaroos at the Zoo 122 Part Three: Breakthroughs in Science and Medicine 125 Harassment 127 Sex, Unable to 130 My Peculiar Affliction 134 Psychological Testing 136 A Visit to Bellevue Hospital 138 Old People 145 Maybe I Am, Maybe Not 147 Part Four: Food 149 Gluttony 151 The Food Chain 154 The Supermarket, Part Two 159 The Dinner Party f0161 Salad 167 City Water 168 New York Wrestling Restaurant 170 An Evening at the Very Fine Pierre Hotel 178 The Black Hole in the Donut 184 Hors d'Oeuvres 190 Bar and Grill 195 Durian Fruit 201 Tajine 205 Part Five: City Life 211 Why I Love New York 213 A Heck of a Town 215 The City Dweller's Daily Writing Routine 222 I Was an Elderly Teenage Extra in a Video for MTV 224 Art in the Early'80s 229 Andy'85 240 The Story of Publishing as Told by an Author 247 Summer of Excess 249 Big City Makeover 256 Manhattan Manners 263 Some New York Apartments 269 Noise in New York 277 New York Media 280 A New York Bank 283 The Literary Mafia 288 Pearl River 290 Net Worth 293 The Economy of New York 297 Movies 308 Cross town, Cross culture 312 The Same but Not the Same 315 New York City, One More Time 322 Looking Out 332 Andy 335 Something That Still Brings Tears When I Think about It 337 The Subways 339 Assignment from the NY Times Op Ed Page 345 After 9/11 347 About the Author 349 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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