The Test of Any Artist

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Fran Lebowitz, national hero, on Jane Austen – part of the exhibition A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy at the Morgan Library last fall.

Words and Verbs

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A discerning audience ... an audience with a high level of connoisseurship, is as important to the culture as artists. It's exactly as important.

--Fran Lebowitz in Public Speaking.

Public Listening

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This trailer doesn't come close to doing it justice, but two nights ago we watched Public Speaking, Martin Scorsese's HBO documentary on Fran Lebowitz, and it's the best thing I've seen on TV in quite awhile.