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Lebowitz gained fame for her books Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981), which were combined into The Fran Lebowitz Reader in 1994. She has been the subject of two projects directed by Martin Scorsese, the HBO documentary film Public Speaking (2010), and the Netflix docu-series Pretend It's a City (2021).
In “elegant, finely honed prose” (The Washington Post Book World), Lebowitz limns the vicissitudes of contemporary urban life—its fads, trends, crazes, morals, and fashions. By turns ironic, facetious, deadpan, sarcastic, wry, wisecracking, and waggish, Fran Lebowitz is always wickedly entertaining.
In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators. Her essays and interviews offer her acerbic views on current events and the media – as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, after-shave lotion, adults who roller skate ...
May 22, 2024 · Fran Lebowitz is an American writer, cultural critic, and raconteur who is best known for her acerbic, witty essays that lampoon modern life. She published the best-selling essay collections Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981).
Apr 9, 2020 · Fran Lebowitz is the patron saint of staying at home and doing nothing. She is famously averse to working, and famously resistant to technology; she has no cell phone or...
Oct 19, 2023 · Professional raconteur Fran Lebowitz thinks art should be useless. And that you should probably wear shoes.
Feb 19, 2021 · Speaking to Newsnight in her only UK TV interview, writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz spoke to Kirsty Wark about the documentary series and what it means to her to live in New York.
