The publishers wish to thank the following people for their help in tracking down some of the more difficult-to-find essays collected here: Joie Davidow, Boris Dralyuk, Ellie Duke, Zac Frank, Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Courtney Garcia, Leonard Koren, Susan LaTempa, Sylvia Lonergan, Manjula Martin, Carolyn Vega, and Morgan P. Yates. Special thanks is extended to Mirandi Babitz and Erica Spellman Silverman for their assistance throughout.
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Copyright © 2019 by Eve Babitz
Introduction copyright © 2019 by Molly Lambert
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Cover image: Marilyn Minter, Wave, 2006; courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York
Cover design: Katy Homans
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Babitz, Eve, author. | Lambert, Molly, author of introduction. Title: I used to be charming : the rest of Eve Babitz / by Eve Babitz; introduction by Molly Lambert.
Description: New York : New York Review Books, 2019. | Series: New York Review Books classics
Identifiers: LCCN 2019021978 (print) | LCCN 2019022407 (ebook) | ISBN 9781681373799 (alk. paper)
Classification: LCC PS3552.A244 A6 2019 (print) | LCC PS3552.A244 (ebook) | DDC 814/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019021978
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