''Metropolitan Life'' is a collection of comedic essays by American writer
Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann Lebowitz (; born October 27, 1950) is an American author, public speaker, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association with many p ...
.
The book was published by
E.P. Dutton on March 13, 1978.
''Metropolitan Life'' is the debut book by Lebowitz, whom
British ''Vogue'' described as "the natural successor to
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
Parker ros ...
."
She had gained a following for her wit in the columns "Lebowitz Report" in ''
Mademoiselle'' magazine, and "The Best of the Worst" and "I Cover the Waterfront" in
Andy Warhol
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's
''Interview'' magazine. There were also Lebowitz clubs at
Yale University
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, the
University of Michigan
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, and
New York University
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.
The book was released in a 1994 compilation entitled ''
The Fran Lebowitz Reader'' along with Lebowitz's 1981 essay collection ''
Social Studies
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''.
References
1978 books
English-language books
Debut books
Comedy books
American non-fiction books
Jewish comedy and humor
Books about New York City
Essay collections
E. P. Dutton books
Books by Fran Lebowitz
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