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Author Archives: By LIESL SCHILLINGER
Books of Style: Surprising Histories, With Drinks
December 23, 2011 – 9:28 am
After a rabble-rousing 2011, holiday readers may rush to wrap themselves in a few nostalgia-drenched books that offer refuge from the headlines.
Books of Style: Two Books on Perfume — Review
November 17, 2011 – 7:58 pm
Perfumes, two books say, have not lost their ability to beguile, even as the industry is more and more scientific.
Literary Lions, by Their Cubs
August 12, 2011 – 1:13 pm
The daughters of the literary luminaries Joseph Heller, A. J. Ayer and William Styron have their own tales to tell — about their fathers.
Books of Style: Turning the Pages on 2010
December 20, 2010 – 10:16 am
A few ideas on what books to enjoy by the fire or on the beach.
Daughter of John McCain Is a Rebel
September 10, 2010 – 10:10 pm
The activist, author and blogger may have a political career ahead of her, but she is hardly the person her mother once described as “John McCain in a dress.”
The Scene: In This Galaxy, One Star Shines Brightest
September 9, 2010 – 11:53 am
Literary lions gather to celebrate Jonathan Franzen’s latest book, “Freedom.”
Celebrating Scandal
August 12, 2010 – 11:09 am
Parties celebrate the “Bolter” spirit of Idina Sackville, a legendary hedonist who shocked Britain in 1919.
Cultural Studies: Hey, Small Spender
July 3, 2010 – 11:30 pm
Several new books are suggesting that it’s time for shopaholics to seek a cure.
British Men and American Women Meet Over Soccer
June 16, 2010 – 2:10 pm
A dating party at the Central Bar in the East Village, where the United States-England match was one of the attractions.A dating Web site promotes relationships between British men and American women.