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Title Page Acknowledgements EDITOR’S PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1920s “UP THE DARK STAIRS —” Robert Benchley A MARQUISE AT HOME —Author Unknown THE KING’S PAJAMAS — Bill Corum MIGHT HAVE BEEN — Author Unknown CAL AND BELLES LETTRES — Author Unknown MODEST MR. SHAW — Author Unknown VACHEL LINDSAY — Author Unknown FENCE BUSTER — Author Unknown THE SIN OF ADAMS — Russel Crouse DIME NOVEL — Author Unknown THE OLD LADY — James Thurber MUSIC MAKERS — James Thurber POTTER’S FIELD — E. B. White HARRIETT — E. B. White DANCING COUPLE — James Thurber BIG BOY — James Thurber and Harold Ross NEWSREEL — Robert M. Coates CALDER’S CIRCUS — Robert M. Coates and James Thurber ISADORA’S BROTHER — E. B. White 1930s SOUP OF THE EVENING — Robert M. Coates and Geoffrey Hellman CORSETS DE LUXE — Geoffrey Hellman PAINTER IN TOWN — Murdock Pemberton and E. B. White SEVEREST CRITIC — E. B. White ANGEL — James Thurber THE HIGH PLACE — James Thurber TRIVIA — E. B. White and Harold Ross TEX AND ELLA — James Thurber and Harold Ross AL — James Thurber THE FLYING SPOT — James Thurber OXFORD MAN — Charles Cooke and Harold Ross THE FRESCOER — James Thurber INAUGURAL BLUES — James Thurber and Harold Ross LONG RANGE — Wolcott Gibbs HIGH HATS — Joseph Mitchell, Charles Cooke, James Thurber, and Harold Ross GREAT MEN — James Thurber THE BLUES MAN — James Thurber AS MILLIONS CHEER — Helen Cooke, Charles Cooke, Clifford Orr, and Harold Ross HOUSE OF BRICK — Helen Cooke and E. B. White LENOX 1734 — James Thurber JEANN AND JIMMY — William Shawn and James Thurber BRONX TIGER — Fred Wittner and James Thurber THE DAKOTA — Charles Cooke and Harold Ross GTDE — James Thurber MISS RAND — A. J. Liebling and Harold Ross THE JOYCES — James Thurber MET’S MAÎTRE — Charles Cooke and Russell Maloney DARK CONTRALTO — Charles Cooke and Russell Maloney WALTER’S BANKS — Eugene Kinkead KNOCK OF OPPORTUNITY — Alva Johnston and Harold Ross DÉSHABILLEUSE — A. J. Liebling DEAD PAN JOE — Fred Wittner ET TU, SHADOW? — A. J. Liebling LEFTIST REVUE — Charles Cooke EXILES IN PRINCETON — E. J. Kahn 1940s INTERNE — Eugene Kinkead THE ADMIRAL’S CHAIR — Eugene Kinkead COOKLESS CONGRESSMAN — Geoffrey Hellman PREPARED PIANIST — Mary Webb and Berton Roueche MASTERPIECE — John McCarton THE CELLULOID BRASSIÈRE — Andy Logan LAST WORD — Andy Logan ONE MAN’S FAMILY — Lillian Ross ABSURDISTE — A. J. Liebling TWELFTH NIGHT — Frances Lanahan AFTER TEN YEARS — William Shawn, Niccolo Tucci, and Geoffrey Hellman LUGUBRIOUS MAMA — A. J. Liebling LIVE MERCHANDISE — Herbert Warren Wind and Spencer Klaw RUGGED TIMES — Lillian Ross COCTEAU — Geoffrey Hellman COLE PORTER — Geoffrey Hellman ON FIRE — Lillian Ross 1950s SUCCESS — Rex Lardner ELIOT AND GUINNESS — John McCarten UNFRAMED SPACE — Berton Rouche SLOW — Rex Lardner NO BULLIES OR TOADIES — E. J. Kahn ANNA IN HARLEM — Lillian Ross OUTSIDE THE PROFESSION — Brendan Gill MR. HULOT — Lillian Ross NOTES AND COMMENT — Maeve Brennan ROCKEFELLER CENTER HO! — John Updike BON VOYAGE — Philip Hamburger LOVERLEE, LOVERLEE — John Updike GOOD-NATURED MAN — Geoffrey Hellman THE MUSHROOM’S EDGE — John McCarten CARICATURIST — Geoffrey Hellman PLAYWRIGHT — Lillian Ross 1960s VIDAL — Richard Rovere NICHOLS, MAY, AND HORSES — John McCarten ALBEE — Lillian Ross FACES — John Updike THE MARCH — Calvin Trillin ALL FRESH AND WIDE-EYED — John McCarten FUGUE — Lillian Ross BECKETT — Jane Kramer RED MITTENS ! — Lillian Ross THE MCLUHAN METAPHOR — Jane Kramer LONG-WINDED LADY — Maeve Brennan RUNOUTS, KICKOUTS, AND POPOUTS AT GILGO BEACH — James Stevenson 1970s BIKE TO WORK — Hendrik Hertzberg QUESTIONS AT RADIO CITY — Hendrik Hertzberg THE POSTMASTER — William Shawn ELVIS! DAVID! — Hendrik Hertzberg ALMANAC — Garrison Keillor MAYS AT ST. BERNARD’S — Lillian Ross ELSEWHERE — Lola Finkelstein and Lillian Ross “WONDER BAR” — Anthony Hiss DYLAN — Hendrik Hertzberg and George Trow NEW BOY — Hendrik Hertzberg FANCY — Lillian Ross BEING PRESENT — Jacqueline Onassis LEAVING MOTOWN — Jamaica Kincaid and George Trow MINNESOTA FATS — Ian Fraizier TAXI JOKES — Mark Singer TWENTY-FIVE THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND — Ian Fraizer FILM — Ian Fraizer TURNOUT — George Trow 1980s STILL WONDERFUL — Mark Singer FILMMAKER — Veronica Geng MELNIKOFF’S — Mark Singer BOJANGLES’ — William McKibben HANDBAG — Ann Beatie SPEED AND ROSES — William McKibben THE FLOAT COMMITTEE — Alec Wilkinson TOURIST — Susan Lardner D. OF D. — George Throw WITH FELLINI — Lillian Ross MONSTER TRUCKS AND MUD BOG — Ian Frazier WORKOUTS — Lillian Ross EAGER — William McKibben POPCORN MEMOIRS — Susan Lardner ADOPTION — Mark Singer IN VIRGIN FOREST — John McPhee TASTE OF TEXAS — William Finnegan ON DISPLAY — Susan Orlean PALACE — Adam Gopnik IN PROGRESS — Bryan Disalvatore 1990s MISS SUBWAYS — David Owen POPSIANA Nancy Franklin MURPHYS — John Seabrook FLOWERING — Garrison Keilor JUDY HEAVEN — Nancy Franklin SPLURGE — Susan Orlean GOOD CITIZEN — John Seabrook SCOUTING — Susan Orlean THE SMELL — John Seabrook BEAUTIFUL DREAMER — Alison Rose INTENSIVE CARE — Susan Orlean WORD PERFECT — David Handelman CYBERSPACE HAS A V.I.P. LOUNGE, TOO — John Seabrook TOU-TOU-TOUKIE, HELLO — Hilton Als RUSSIAN TENNIS: ADVANTAGE YELTSIN — George Plimpton THE SHIT-KICKERS OF MADISON AVENUE — Lillian Ross AFTER MIDNIGHT — William Finnegan A BATTALION OF BELLAS — James Traub A DICKENSIAN TASK — Brendan Gill THE TIMES EMBARKS ON NEW WAYS TO GET OUT THE GRAY — Hendrik Hertzberg SON OF EST: THE TERMINATOR OF SELF-DOUBT — Kurt Andersen DO THE ROOKIES KNOW HOW WILLIE MAYS PLAYED? — Roger Angell AL HIRSCHFELD BLOWS OUT HIS CANDLES — Philip Hamburger THE WORLD WAS INVITED TO NOAM CHOMSKY’S VIRTUAL BIRTHDAY PARTY — Rebecca Mead A POSTMODERNIST GOES SHOPPING — Paul Goldberger ELEGY FOR A PARKING SPACE — John Seabrook A LITTLE BIT OF AUDREY FOR EVERY ONE — Daphne Merkin BILL AND HILL, MEET ROB AND LAURA — Andy Borowitz NOSTALGIA FOR THE BYGONE DAYS OF FEMINIST FAMILY FEUDING — Rebecca Mead 2000 THE NEW YEAR STUMBLES IN — Anthony Lane THE WELL-HEELED AND THE WONKY TOAST THE MILLENNIUM — John Cassidy TWO MENUS — Steve Martin THE BOOK TO HAVE WHEN THE KILLER BEES ARRIVE — David Owen THE FAST-FOOD PRESIDENT GOES HAUTE CUISINE — Rebecca Mead WHAT’S IN A DOMAIN NAME? — Julian Bames HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF SOME SEXY SNAPSHOTS — Mark Singer THE GUY WHO MAKES THE PRESIDENT FUNNY — Jeffrey Toobin NAKED AND TRUTHFUL IN THE BRONX — Lillian Ross NUDIE PIX REDUX — Mark Singer BALLOON DIPLOMACY FOR ELIÁN — Rebecca Mead AN ODE TO GOLF — John Updike A RUBIN’S GUIDE TO GETTING IT ALL — Nick Paumgarten QUIZ WHIZ — Nancy Franklin PROVERBS ACCORDING TO DENNIS MILLER — Johnny Carson THE GOODEST GUYS — David Remnick AN ANALOG TO AST TO THE DIGITAL AGE — Lillian Ross ABOUT THE EDITOR THE MODERN LIBRARY EDITORIAL BOARD ALSO AVAILABLE FROM MODERN LIBRARY PAPERBACKS Copyright Page

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