Alexandra Jacobs
@AlexandraJacobs
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Book critic at The New York Times; author of STILL HERE: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch.
NYC—what is it about you?
Joined August 2011
The 5 stages of writing: 1)This is gonna be so great. 2)No story here; what was I thinking. 3)Existential despair. 4)Smugness. 5)Corrections
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RT @GaryHershorn: The Empire State Building in New York City lit in red, white and blue to mark the death of the 39th President of the Unit…
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Excellent review via @AlexandraJacobs of Julie Gilbert's new book on Edna Ferber, and Giant:
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“Death in America is a whisper, a shame, an error.” Such an important and eloquent piece by @SarahAWildman
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The long-awaited Bill Zehme biography of his white whale, Johnny Carson, is here—thanks to Zehme’s onetime “legman,” Mike Thomas. My review:
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