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Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney is the author of, most recently, How It Ended: New and Collected Stories.

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GOTHIC REVIVAL

Why an Unspeakably Sick Subway Crime Proves New York Is Back

The incomparable chronicler of New York’s 1980s grit, glamor and glory in “Bright Lights, Big City” tells why a man sexually abusing a corpse on the R train transports us all back to Gotham’s years of tabloid-ready horror.

Jay McInerney

articles/2012/12/22/miracle-boy-grows-up-ben-mattlin-speaks-to-jay-mcinerney/miracle-boy-tease_g5wjyl
Memoir

The Miracle Boy

Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Ben Mattlin grew up before laws protected him. He speaks to Jay McInerney about his new memoir.

Jay McInerney

articles/2010/04/08/my-first-time-with-the-ipad/mcinerney-first-time-ipad_92985_osilfs

My First Time With the iPad

All of the tech critics and bloggers have weighed in on the iPad, but so far few writers have said what they think. Novelist Jay McInerney gives Apple’s revolutionary new device a test run.

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