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On the 40-Year Friendship of Toni Morrison and Fran Lebowitz

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Revisiting <em>Speedboat</em> in Search of a New York City That Never Really Existed

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Fran Lebowitz on Netflix is the most Netflix thing ever.

Fran Lebowitz on Netflix is the most Netflix thing ever.

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Here’s Your 2021 Literary Film and TV Preview

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