Greg Olear's Blog, page 9
March 23, 2011
March 15, 2011
Du Point G
Greg Olear discusses his totally killer French book tour...and looks at photographs of naked women.
March 4, 2011
The Fathermucker Awards For All-Time Most Egregious Celebrity Moms
Since the line between movies and real life has become so blurry—as D-listers everywhere vie to keep up with the Kardashians, and cable channels swim with celebrity spawn—it's high time we recognize the famous and flawed moms who make us mortals feel better about our own parenting.
March 1, 2011
Evison Takes Manhattan; Berlin Next?
Attention, NYC-area peeps:
Jonathan Evison, executive editor of this fine literary magazine and New York Times best selling author, brings his book tour to the Big Apple next week.
Sunday evening, March 6, he joins the great Caroline Leavitt — both of Algonquin, the TNB Book Club, and the aforementioned Times best seller list — at KGB's [...]
Jonathan Evison, executive editor of this fine literary magazine and New York Times best selling author, brings his book tour to the Big Apple next week.
Sunday evening, March 6, he joins the great Caroline Leavitt — both of Algonquin, the TNB Book Club, and the aforementioned Times best seller list — at KGB's [...]
February 1, 2011
Let's Get Critical: An Interview with Thelma Adams
Greg Olear talks to US Weekly's film critic about stay-at-home fatherhood, tantric sex, guilty pleasure movies, Paris Hilton, and her debut novel, Playdate.
January 13, 2011
Your Sign is Your Sign, Or, When It Comes to Astrology, Astronomers Wouldn't Know Your Ass from Uranus
By popular demand, TNB's resident astrologer weighs in: Your sign is still your sign, despite what they tell you at NBC News.
January 8, 2011
An Interview with Fabian, The Dust's Personal Assistant
How recent is that photo, and how much has it been retouched?
It was taken the week before the first column, by a very well known and talented photographer. A friend of Mr. Dust's that I'm not at liberty to name. It has been touched a lot, but never retouched. Why do I suddenly feel like [...]
It was taken the week before the first column, by a very well known and talented photographer. A friend of Mr. Dust's that I'm not at liberty to name. It has been touched a lot, but never retouched. Why do I suddenly feel like [...]
January 7, 2011
Notes on the Removal of the "N-Word" from Huckleberry Finn
Notes on the Removal of the "N-Word" from Huckleberry Finn: a (short) statistical analysis for the Thought Police.
December 31, 2010
Twenty-Eleven
2011 is the Year of the Rabbit, which seems to augur good things for Volkswagon, Playboy, and TNB executive editor Jonathan Evison. In the spirit of the holiday, here are some things I'd like to see go down in the coming year:
1. People start saying "twenty-eleven" instead of "two-thousand-eleven."
2. Less Snooki, more nookie.
3. Brad Listi [...]
1. People start saying "twenty-eleven" instead of "two-thousand-eleven."
2. Less Snooki, more nookie.
3. Brad Listi [...]
December 11, 2010
Presenting…the 2010 Nobbie Awards
Favorite books of 2010, as selected by the editors of The Nervous Breakdown.
