'It's what I do, every day'
“WhetherI'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course itbecomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what Ido, every day.” – Tama Janowitz
Born on this date in 1957, Janowitzis part of the celebrated “Brat Pack” group of authors – along with Bret EastonEllis and Jay McInerney – from the 1980s. A novelist, short story writer, and close friend of artist Andy Warhol,she first gained acclaim through her short story collection Slaves ofNew York, later adapted into a film starring Bernadette Peters.
Author of 7 novels, that short storycollection, and 3 nonfiction books, including a celebrated memoir, she lived inboth Manhattan and Brooklyn before settling near Ithaca, NY, where shecontinues to write and sometimes teach.
Among her many awards are thegraduate fellowship that led to an MFA degree from Columbia, the Alfred HodderFellowship in the Humanities at Princeton University, and a grant from theNational Endowment for the Arts. Whileshe’s been chastised for her seeming obsession with money – a focus of many ofher works – she says it’s just the part of life she’s chosen for her writings.
Her book, Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction,not only touches on that but also her somewhat “wild child” early life that oftenput her into the gossip columns and (some say) helped her book sales. ButJanowitz has no deep desire to relive those years. “I did not particularly likebeing semi-famous,” she said. “I did not write books to be liked.”
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