{"product_id":"too-la-isbn-9781681379593","title":"Too L.A.","description":"\u003cb\u003ePore over the letters of Eve Babitz—queen of the witty, gossipy, and thoroughly engrossing missive.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJoan Didion, Joseph Heller, Annie Leibovitz, Paul Ruscha, Anne Rice, Steve Martin, and many others appear in this first-of-its-kind collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLetter-writing \u003ci\u003ewas\u003c\/i\u003e the kind of writing Babitz did best. Her missives—fresh and frank, dashing and droll—are irresistible, as highly spirited as they are acutely perceptive. Take, for example, this letter to a friend in 1979:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I wrote this letter to Leo Lerman, that editor at \u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003ewho took me out to lunch at the Algonquin when I was in NY.... So I told him how I’d moved to Santa Monica, and what it was like, and the skating and the Rodeo Drive-type stores. And he published the thing as is, or was (it was slightly edited). Now it’s appearing on every newsstand. And since it’s the kind of writing I do best—letters—people are dropping dead all over the place over how wonderful I am.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople will drop dead all over the place when they get a load of this collection featuring letters to or from some of Babitz' most famous friends, lovers, artistic idols and rivals, like Joan Didion, Joseph Heller, Annie Leibovitz, Paul Ruscha, Anne Rice, and Steve Martin.\u003cb\u003eEve Babitz\u003c\/b\u003e (1943–2021) was the author of several books of fiction, including\u003ci\u003e Sex and Rage: Advice to Young Ladies Eager for a Good Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL.A. Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlack Swans: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Her nonfiction works include \u003ci\u003eFiorucci, the Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTwo by Two: Tango\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo-Step, and the L.A. Night\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for a variety of publications including \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and in the late 1960s designed album covers for the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and Linda Ronstadt. NYRB Classics publishes \u003ci\u003eEve's Hollywood, Slow Days, Fast Company,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Used to Be Charming.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLili Anolik\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and a writer at large for \u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She is the creator of the podcast \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time… at Bennington College\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent books are \u003ci\u003eHollywood's Eve \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDidion \u0026amp; Babitz\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233793323237,"sku":"NP9781681379593","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781681379593.jpg?v=1767742808","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/too-la-isbn-9781681379593","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}