- Subjects
- Published
-
New York :
Library of America
c2011.
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xv, 461 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781598531077
- Introduction
- A Presidential Candidate
- The Lecture Tickets That Were Bought but Never Used
- The Ransom of Red Chief
- from Babbitt
- from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- On Conversation
- Imperial Purple
- More Alarms at Night
- The Waltz
- Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer
- Simple Prays a Prayer
- The Night the Old Nostalgia Burned Down
- Across the Street and into the Grill
- The House of Mirth
- from The Magic Christian
- from How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
- The Secret Vice
- The Counterfeit Secret Circle Member Gets the Message, or The Asp Strikes Again
- The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
- A Look at Organized Crime
- The Tax Man
- Letters to Einstein
- A Few Words about Breasts
- Our White Heritage
- Better Read Than Dead: A Revised Opinion
- Your Action Line
- In the Morning Post
- Curb Carter Policy Discord Effort Threat
- Vacation 's8
- The Laws of Cartoon Motion
- The Tip-Top Club
- Rolled in Rare Bohemian Onyx, Then Vulcanized by Hand
- Tough as Bob War and Other Stuff
- Corrections
- Tips for Women: How to Have a Relationship with a Guy
- Clinton Deploys Vowels to Bosnia
- Shiftless Little Loafers
- Gothic Baseball
- If I Were in Charge of the Networks
- Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father
- The Writer's Life
- from / A in't Scared of You
- Buddy, Can You Spare a Tie?
- It's So Hard
- What I'd Say to the Martians
- Your Three Wishes: FAQ
- Ask the Optimist!
- Awake
- The Pony Problem
- If Not an Apology, at Least a "My Bad"
- Contributors
- Sources and Acknowledgments