I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz (New York Review

I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz (New York Review Books Classics)

Previously uncollected nonfiction pieces by Hollywood's ultimate It Girl about everything from fashion to tango to Jim Morrison and Nicholas Cage.

WithÂ Eveâ€™s HollywoodÂ Eve Babitz lit up the scene in 1974. The books that followed, among themÂ Slow Days, Fast CompanyÂ andÂ Sex and Rage, have seduced generations of readers with their unfailing wit and impossible glamour. What is less well known is that Babitz was a working journalist for the better part of three decades, writing for the likes ofÂ Rolling Stone,Â Vogue, andÂ Esquire, as well as for off-the-beaten-path periodicals likeÂ Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet BathingÂ and Francis Ford Coppolaâ€™s short-livedÂ City. Whether profiling Hollywood darlings, getting to the bottom of health crazes like yoga and acupuncture, remembering friends and lovers from her days hobnobbing with rock stars at the Troubadour and art stars at the Ferus Gallery, or writing about her beloved, misunderstood hometown, Los Angeles, Babitz approaches every assignment with an energy and verve that is all her own.

I Used to Be CharmingÂ gathers nearly fifty pieces written between 1975 and 1997, including the full text of Babitzâ€™s wry book-length investigation into the pioneering lifestyle brand Fiorucci. The title essay, published here for the first time, recounts the accident that came close to killing her in 1996; it reveals an uncharacteristically vulnerable yet never less than utterly charming Babitz.

Country	USA
Author	Eve Babitz
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781681373805
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	NYRB Classics
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
NumberOfPages	448
PublicationDate	2019-10-08
Publisher	NYRB Classics
ReleaseDate	2019-10-08
Studio	NYRB Classics

I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz (New York Review Books Classics)

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