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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. Her novel-in-stories Slaves of New York (1986) was adapted into the movie of the same name in 1989.
Tama Janowitz is an American novelist and a short story writer. The 2005 September/October issue of Pages magazine listed her as one of the four "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis, Mark Lindquist and Jay McInerney.
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Aug 19, 2016 · Tama Janowitz’s new memoir, “Scream,” reveals how markedly her life has changed since her “it girl” days.
Apr 16, 2024 · Elwin Cotman on His Frustration and Enchantment with a True 1980s Classic. 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.
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.
Oct 10, 2003 · This book was thought to be somewhat biographical, based on the author’s experiences of living in the artistic world and Soho area of New York City in the 1980s. The success of Slaves of New York put Janowitz in a certain class of authors who had written popular fiction set in 1980s-era city life.
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Of all the big New York writers from the 1980s, Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis seem to have lingered longest in the cultural memory. However, there were plenty of other hyped novelists taking their seat at the table at the Odeon, and Tama Janowitz was one of them.
