Did you catch the piece on writer/director/neck-lamenter Nora Ephron in this week's New Yorker? It's got some funny bits and nice moments, but there's really nothing earth-shattering or new in it. And yet? I read the entire thing, a rarity for me. Which leads me to the conclusion that, at this point in 2009, writer Ariel Levy may be the best practitioner of longform profile journalism in the business. And I'll stand on Vanessa Grigoriadis' coffee table in my Kenneth Cole Oxfords and say that. (Kidding! You're great too, Grigsy!) But, yeah... ever since she came to the New Yorker I have been consistently impressed with how compelling and well-written Levy's stuff has been (this was probably the piece that sealed the deal); the craftsmanship is never ostentatious, but you're always aware that her stuff reads much more easily than it must have been to put together. So, nice work, Ariel Levy! I salute you.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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And, dude, she's totally single too! (Actually, I have no idea)
She wrote the Lesbian Bride's Handbook, so I think she's both married and not interested in you or me. She wore a lovely dress at her wedding, though; her mate wore a suit.
Well she looks really pretty in that picture
Way more than just journalist hot, that's for sure.
She is a superb write, agreed. Female Chauvinist Pigs is a must-read.
But guys, as far as her being single, I think she is strictly for the ladies, sorry.
thanks for that mental image!
By the way, Balk, I found the Lesbian Nation article infuriating at first. (like, why spend all this time on a bunch of squabbling nomads?). But then I was curious how it all worked out and who did what to whom and I found my self not only reading the entire thing in one sitting but then going back to read it again, mostly out of curiousity about the quality of the writing. What made it so compelling?
I liked it, too, but I found a good explanation for the move into s/m to be missing. That should have been explored a bit more.
At first I mistakenly read this comment to be about the Nora Ephron piece, and it was very fun times for a few seconds. Also, Ariel Levy is to non-fiction writing what Tina Fey is to TV.
I wonder what Henrik Hertzberg looks like in a thong.
Or Sascha Frere Jones? Hot
I love her too. But I still have a soft spot for Remnick, whose '05 (?) piece about Pevear and Volokhonsky was the first one that made me think 'hey, being really good at profile writing is apparently a skill.'
She's beautiful.
What does it take for a girl to get a picture of Ben McGrath up in here? I feel the exact same way about his writing that Balk does about Levy's...
WORD.
Wasn't she a witness at the Doonan/Adler wedding?
Ms. Levy is the bomb.
Kenneth Cole Oxfords? Subscribe to the damn newsletter already, you lazy bastards!
One the best parts of 'Female Chauvinist Pigs" is her interview Judith Reagan.
Prose like a window pane.
"...I read the entire thing, a rarity for me. Which leads me to the conclusion that, at this point in 2009, writer Ariel Levy may be the best practitioner of longform profile journalism in the business."
Wow. So because she held your attention she's the "best practitioner of longform profile journalism"... yeah well porno holds most people in rapt attention so does that mean it's edging its way into the BEST practitioner of longform (punintended) "cinema" too?
Her piece was crap. As is your appreciation. Next...?
Yes!
I figured as much. So, when will Nora Ephron make a porno, screenplay by Ariel Levy? Anyone? Anyone?
i used to love her too until i read this horrible piece by her in marie claire. she has a secret: the new yorker editors must be damn good. this is so, so bad. it's like something i would have written in 11th grade. http://www.webmd.com/skin-beauty/features/out-spot