Tama Janowitz
Author of Slaves of New York
About the Author
Tama Janowitz exploded onto the literary scene in 1986 with her bestselling book, Slaves of New York. Her most recent novel is Peyton Amberg. Janowitz's work has appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, Vogue, the New York Times Op-Ed page, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn with show more her husband and daughter show less
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Works by Tama Janowitz
Associated Works
Wanting a Child: Twenty-Two Writers on Their Difficult but Mostly Successful Quests for Parenthood in a High-Tech Age (1998) — Contributor — 18 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Janowitz, Tama
- Legal name
- Janowitz, Tama
- Birthdate
- 1957-04-12
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Barnard College (BA|1977)
Hollins College (MA|1979)
Columbia University (MFA|1985) - Occupations
- novelist
short story writer - Awards and honors
- Janoway Fiction Prize (1976, 1977)
Bread Loaf Writers Fellowship (1975) - Relationships
- Hunt, Tim (husband)
Janowitz, Phyllis (mother) - Short biography
- Tama Janowitz's work often focuses on the quirky lives of Manhattanites living on the fringes of the New York art scene.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Places of residence
- San Francisco, California, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ithaca, New York, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
Members
Reviews
Must have more. Need more now. Send help soon. I am not sure I will survive without more from this author immediately. I need it and I cannot go on without...more!!.
Please, tell me that her other works are congruent with this one. Because this is BRILLIANCE! Pure sheer Brilliance. I laughed hysterically, but it was more like scream laughing, it was seriously that funny. And it felt good to laugh that deep into my soul. I suggest you go purchase the movie as well, they are both amazing, and show more different yet similar.
I relate to Eleanor so hard, we share the same awkward clumsy eccentric social anxiety ridden traits. Please tell me there is more, you can not just simply take this away from me, I want to read it for the rest of my life. Eleanor is my spirit animal.
I savored the last 40 pages as long as I could, begrudgingly seeing the end approaching, NO! I forced myself to set the book down every chapter.
Can't I still carry it around with me, pretending I am still reading it? *wails*
This moved swiftly upward my list into my top 5 favorites of all times.
I hate to compare, absolutely LOATH to compare, especially when I am doing a female vs. male author, BUUUUUUUUUUT
If you love Brett Easton Ellis as much as I do, you will love her. I am not quite sure what makes them so strikingly similar, their knack for hilarious story telling when it is only a "day in the life of" type of book that focuses on location and character studies. Or, their HILARIOUS dry wit, filled to the brim with delicious sarcasm and satire. Maybe it is their ability to dive straight into the trash and nitty gritty without appearing to lose their prestige.
They both need to produce more novels, similar to these fanatical stories. I mean otherwise I will wither up and die... we don't want that right!? show less
Please, tell me that her other works are congruent with this one. Because this is BRILLIANCE! Pure sheer Brilliance. I laughed hysterically, but it was more like scream laughing, it was seriously that funny. And it felt good to laugh that deep into my soul. I suggest you go purchase the movie as well, they are both amazing, and show more different yet similar.
I relate to Eleanor so hard, we share the same awkward clumsy eccentric social anxiety ridden traits. Please tell me there is more, you can not just simply take this away from me, I want to read it for the rest of my life. Eleanor is my spirit animal.
I savored the last 40 pages as long as I could, begrudgingly seeing the end approaching, NO! I forced myself to set the book down every chapter.
Can't I still carry it around with me, pretending I am still reading it? *wails*
This moved swiftly upward my list into my top 5 favorites of all times.
I hate to compare, absolutely LOATH to compare, especially when I am doing a female vs. male author, BUUUUUUUUUUT
If you love Brett Easton Ellis as much as I do, you will love her. I am not quite sure what makes them so strikingly similar, their knack for hilarious story telling when it is only a "day in the life of" type of book that focuses on location and character studies. Or, their HILARIOUS dry wit, filled to the brim with delicious sarcasm and satire. Maybe it is their ability to dive straight into the trash and nitty gritty without appearing to lose their prestige.
They both need to produce more novels, similar to these fanatical stories. I mean otherwise I will wither up and die... we don't want that right!? show less
Must have more. Need more now. Send help soon. I am not sure I will survive without more from this author immediately. I need it and I cannot go on without...more!!.
Please, tell me that her other works are congruent with this one. Because this is BRILLIANCE! Pure sheer Brilliance. I laughed hysterically, but it was more like scream laughing, it was seriously that funny. And it felt good to laugh that deep into my soul. I suggest you go purchase the movie as well, they are both amazing, and show more different yet similar.
I relate to Eleanor so hard, we share the same awkward clumsy eccentric social anxiety ridden traits. Please tell me there is more, you can not just simply take this away from me, I want to read it for the rest of my life. Eleanor is my spirit animal.
I savored the last 40 pages as long as I could, begrudgingly seeing the end approaching, NO! I forced myself to set the book down every chapter.
Can't I still carry it around with me, pretending I am still reading it? *wails*
This moved swiftly upward my list into my top 5 favorites of all times.
I hate to compare, absolutely LOATH to compare, especially when I am doing a female vs. male author, BUUUUUUUUUUT
If you love Brett Easton Ellis as much as I do, you will love her. I am not quite sure what makes them so strikingly similar, their knack for hilarious story telling when it is only a "day in the life of" type of book that focuses on location and character studies. Or, their HILARIOUS dry wit, filled to the brim with delicious sarcasm and satire. Maybe it is their ability to dive straight into the trash and nitty gritty without appearing to lose their prestige.
They both need to produce more novels, similar to these fanatical stories. I mean otherwise I will wither up and die... we don't want that right!? show less
Please, tell me that her other works are congruent with this one. Because this is BRILLIANCE! Pure sheer Brilliance. I laughed hysterically, but it was more like scream laughing, it was seriously that funny. And it felt good to laugh that deep into my soul. I suggest you go purchase the movie as well, they are both amazing, and show more different yet similar.
I relate to Eleanor so hard, we share the same awkward clumsy eccentric social anxiety ridden traits. Please tell me there is more, you can not just simply take this away from me, I want to read it for the rest of my life. Eleanor is my spirit animal.
I savored the last 40 pages as long as I could, begrudgingly seeing the end approaching, NO! I forced myself to set the book down every chapter.
Can't I still carry it around with me, pretending I am still reading it? *wails*
This moved swiftly upward my list into my top 5 favorites of all times.
I hate to compare, absolutely LOATH to compare, especially when I am doing a female vs. male author, BUUUUUUUUUUT
If you love Brett Easton Ellis as much as I do, you will love her. I am not quite sure what makes them so strikingly similar, their knack for hilarious story telling when it is only a "day in the life of" type of book that focuses on location and character studies. Or, their HILARIOUS dry wit, filled to the brim with delicious sarcasm and satire. Maybe it is their ability to dive straight into the trash and nitty gritty without appearing to lose their prestige.
They both need to produce more novels, similar to these fanatical stories. I mean otherwise I will wither up and die... we don't want that right!? show less
I LOVE TAMA! Let me put that in bold letters so that can't be missed!
I don't understand all the harsh criticism. But I also realize, if you aren't quirky or eccentric, you simply wouldn't get it. Only quirky and eccentric people need apply here! Non quirky and eccentric people, stick to her novel Slaves of New York and then move onto another author to get your fix, instead of giving something that will not be your cup of tea an unnecessary low review!
This was HILARIOUS, and adorable, show more original and fresh. I will never get enough of this author, I find her extremely adorable and brilliant and hilarious.
The dark satire here is STRONG, might I also warn, there is a nauseating scene (AT THE BBQ ugh!)
But there is a style here that I simply adore, and wish more authors had a style akin to Tama.
I hope she never stops writing! show less
I don't understand all the harsh criticism. But I also realize, if you aren't quirky or eccentric, you simply wouldn't get it. Only quirky and eccentric people need apply here! Non quirky and eccentric people, stick to her novel Slaves of New York and then move onto another author to get your fix, instead of giving something that will not be your cup of tea an unnecessary low review!
This was HILARIOUS, and adorable, show more original and fresh. I will never get enough of this author, I find her extremely adorable and brilliant and hilarious.
The dark satire here is STRONG, might I also warn, there is a nauseating scene (AT THE BBQ ugh!)
But there is a style here that I simply adore, and wish more authors had a style akin to Tama.
I hope she never stops writing! show less
I LOVE TAMA! Let me put that in bold letters so that can't be missed!
I don't understand all the harsh criticism. But I also realize, if you aren't quirky or eccentric, you simply wouldn't get it. Only quirky and eccentric people need apply here! Non quirky and eccentric people, stick to her novel Slaves of New York and then move onto another author to get your fix, instead of giving something that will not be your cup of tea an unnecessary low review!
This was HILARIOUS, and adorable, show more original and fresh. I will never get enough of this author, I find her extremely adorable and brilliant and hilarious.
The dark satire here is STRONG, might I also warn, there is a nauseating scene (AT THE BBQ ugh!)
But there is a style here that I simply adore, and wish more authors had a style akin to Tama.
I hope she never stops writing! show less
I don't understand all the harsh criticism. But I also realize, if you aren't quirky or eccentric, you simply wouldn't get it. Only quirky and eccentric people need apply here! Non quirky and eccentric people, stick to her novel Slaves of New York and then move onto another author to get your fix, instead of giving something that will not be your cup of tea an unnecessary low review!
This was HILARIOUS, and adorable, show more original and fresh. I will never get enough of this author, I find her extremely adorable and brilliant and hilarious.
The dark satire here is STRONG, might I also warn, there is a nauseating scene (AT THE BBQ ugh!)
But there is a style here that I simply adore, and wish more authors had a style akin to Tama.
I hope she never stops writing! show less
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