What: In the Martin Scorsese-directed documentary Public Speaking, Toni Morrison describes Fran Lebowitz as (almost) always right, but (almost) never fair. Toni Morrison is not wrong.
Social Studies is Lebowitz's second book of essays (after Metropolitan Life), and in it she continues her cold, cutting, witty (wit is cold and cutting) assessment of modern life.
Representative quote: "Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add." (from "Parental Guidance")
Bonus representative quote: "I myself find many --- even most --- things objectionable. Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one's home." (from "When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes . . . Shut Them")
How to get it: Enjoy it, because since this book's publication in 1981, Lebowitz's self-described "writer's blockade" has gone on for thirty-odd years.
It's out of print as a stand-alone, but the entirety of Social Studies is part of The Fran Lebowitz Reader, which is in print and also Kindle-able.
Connection to previous Wreckage: Metropolitan Life was Rec. #188.
How to get it: Enjoy it, because since this book's publication in 1981, Lebowitz's self-described "writer's blockade" has gone on for thirty-odd years.
It's out of print as a stand-alone, but the entirety of Social Studies is part of The Fran Lebowitz Reader, which is in print and also Kindle-able.
Connection to previous Wreckage: Metropolitan Life was Rec. #188.
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