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Essays

  1. 1.
    June, 2012
    Why Gatsby Is So Great
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  2. 2.
    May, 2012
    Back to Basics, Real Basics (Jay McInerney and His Hand Ax)
    Link
  3. 3.
    May, 2012
    The Rich And Powerful In Handcuffs: One of the Great Sights of New York
    Link
  4. 4.
    August, 2011
    Philip, Sneha Anne: The most mysterious of the missing
    Link
  5. 5.
    November, 2010
    Jay McInerney on Joy Division’s Heyday
    Link
  6. 6.
    October, 2010
    It Was Delicious While It Lasted
    Link
  7. 7.
    August, 2008
    Yuppies in Eden
    Link
  8. 8.
    November, 2006
    The Death of (the Idea of) the Upper East Side
    Link
  9. 9.
    January, 2006
    Group Therapy
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  10. 10.
    September, 2005
    The Uses of Invention
    Link
  11. 11.
    February, 2002
    White Man at the Door
    Link
  12. 12.
    September, 2001
    Brightness Falls Essay
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  13. 13.
    January, 1999
    Naked on the Grass
    Link
  14. 14.
    November, 1994
    Chloe's Scene
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  15. 15.
    July, 1989
    The Writers of Wrong
    Link

Jay on Other Books

  1. 1.
    February, 2011
    J. D. Salinger: A Life, by Kenneth Slawenski
    Link
  2. 2.
    October, 2009
    Generosity: An Enhancement, by Richard Powers
    Link
  3. 3.
    July, 2007
    The Zen of Fish, by Trevor Corson & The Sushi Economy, by Sasha
    Link
  4. 4.
    June, 2003
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
    Link
  5. 5.
    June, 2002
    Big If, by Mark Costello
    Link
  6. 6.
    December, 1990
    Tokyo Rising, by Edward Seidensticker
    Link
  7. 7.
    September, 1990
    Hocus Pocus, by Kurt Vonnegut
    Link
  8. 8.
    July, 1990
    The Thirsty Muse: Alcohol and the American Writer, by Tome Dardis
    Link
  9. 9.
    May, 1988
    Life On Earth, by Sheila Ballantyne
    Link