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Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman

Jay McInerney

/ April 16, 2009 / How It Ended

Jay McInerney's iconic debut novel, Bright Lights, Big City, inaugurated a literary career that has now arced through three decades, seven novels, dozens of short stories, and several collections of wine essays. As a chronicler of contemporary society, fraught relationships, and personal vulnerabilities (all of which were, in his own life, chronicled in hundreds of gossips columns), McInerney is as insightful as he is witty, his stories frequently inspired by actual people, events, and occasionally headlines. This collection of twenty-six stories, How It Ended, spans his entire life as a published writer, starting with pieces he wrote while still a student. It's Jay McInerney's second interview for Writers on the Record, and he is, once again, thoughtful, funny, and open about his inspirations. Listen Now

Jay McInerney

/ April 30, 2006 / The Good Life

Bright Lights, Big City was McInerney’s dazzling debut in 1984, which won the author instant stardom and produced headline-making bad behavior. Five more novels followed (The Last of the Savages, Brightness Falls, Ransom, Story of My Life, Model Behavior) before The Good Life, a tender and even romantic chronicle of post-9/11 life centered on two privileged Manhattan couples and their search for contentment. McInerney’s interview is funny and surprisingly candid.Listen Now

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