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Apr 16, 2024 · By Elwin Cotman. April 16, 2024. Exploring the discount bin outside Dog Eared Books, I discover Slaves of New York by Tama Janowitz, which is not, I learn, a historical text about the slave market on Wall Street. The cover features a man and woman photographed like Warhol silkscreens.
Tama Janowitz (born April 12, 1956) is an American novelist and a short story writer. She is often referenced as one of the main "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis and Jay McInerney. [2] Her novel-in-stories Slaves of New York (1986) was adapted into the movie of the same name in 1989.
Aug 16, 2016 · Tama became a bona fide celebrity after the runaway success of her second book, 1986’s Slaves of New York, a collection of interconnected stories unfolding in the ’80s art scene. The book was entertaining, the writing confident, and the author exotically beautiful and eccentrically glamorous.
Tama Janowitz is best known for her short-story collection Slaves of New York, the first such collection to become a best-seller since Philip Roth’s Goodby, Columbus earned that...
Oct 10, 2013 · In her mother’s presence, Janowitz transformed from the beleaguered misfit into a roguish tease, inciting the poet into scathing barbs at Tama’s expense, which Tama seemed to enjoy...
Nov 24, 2017 · The star of Janowitz’s story is her mother, the poet Phyllis Janowitz. Their bond is deep and unwavering. Tama praises her for encouraging her creativity and supporting her dreams of becoming...
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"Slaves of New York" is a collection of short stories by Tama Janowitz. Its premise is that finding an apartment in Manhattan is so expensive and hard to do that people in the fringes of the art scene, both male and female, end up with undesirable partners simply to have a place to live.
