Sheelah Kolhatkar
Articles by Sheelah Kolhatkar
Kitschy, Kitschy Coo: The Cost of Coddling Kids
Nia Wright
PARENTING, INC.: HOW WE ARE SOLD ON $800 STROLLERS, FETAL EDUCATION, BABY SIGN LANGUAGE, SLEEPING COACHES, TODDLER COUTURE, AND DIAPER WIPE WARMERS—AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR CHILDREN
By Pamela Paul
Times Books, 290 pages, $25
During my prenatal tour of Lenox Hill Hospital a few months back, the head labor nurse informed our group of nervous New York City parents-to-be that a private room would cost around an extra $600 a night—which isn’t covered by insurance. Those rooms are in high demand, nurse Terri said of the coveted real estate, “and we can’t promise you one unless your last name is ‘Brinkley’ or ‘Trump.’”
You could immediately detect sparks of anxiety flying among the couples on the tour, everyone performing a silent calculus like bidders at a Christie’s auction. How do we get the private room? Is it worth the money? Is this child going to bankrupt us? read more »
The Foer Family
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Jonathan Safran Foer.
Screams could be heard echoing across Brooklyn on a clear day this past November, when news of 24-ye read more »
Who's Le Plus Chaud? French Emo-Memoirist Grégoire Bouillier
Grégoire Bouillier is a writer from Paris, and on Monday, Oct. read more »
Who’s Le Plus Chaud? French Emo-Memoirist Grégoire Bouillier
Melanie Flood
Gr
Grégoire Bouillier is a writer from Paris, and on Monday, Oct. read more »
In Simone’s Shoes: Laura Kipnis Lets Loose on Big Ones
Melanie Flood
Against feminism? Laura Kipnis, author of The Female Thing.
“Not to compare myself to Simone de Beauvoir—who is, you know, this vast intellectual he read more »
In Simone's Shoes: Laura Kipnis Lets Loose on Big Ones
“Not to compare myself to Simone de Beauvoir—who is, you know, this vast intellectual heroine— read more »
Rea! Genius Loves Company
“We are a subscriber-based publication; we don’t worry about losing advertising,” Rea Hederman read more »
Rea! Genius Loves Company
James Hamilton
When Oscar Buzzes: Forest Whitaker plays the brutal 1970
“We are a subscriber-based publication; we don’t worry about losing advertising,” read more »
New Republic Critic Tumbles in Blog-land: My ‘Dumb Mistake’
“I made a dumb mistake, and I’m very sorry I did it. read more »
Lonesome George
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Gov. George Pataki addressed the National Press Club August 7th, hoping to present himself as presidential material.
Before Governor George Pataki even had a chance to deliver his energy-policy speech at the National read more »
Agent Demoralized, But William Clegg Back With Vengeance
In early 2005, the New York literary agent William Clegg—who at the time represented big leagu read more »
Agent Demoralized, But William Clegg Back With Vengeance
In early 2005, the New York literary agent William Clegg—who at the time represented big league au read more »
Retooled For A.G., Pirro Runs Hard; She Never Sweats
Pirro poses.
Jeanine Pirro, the Republican candidate for New York State Attorney General, had just gotten through read more »
AIDS Anarchist Farber Hops Back in Whirlwind
Melanie Flood
Celia Farber in her apartment on the Upper West Side.
On the night of Saturday, June 10, the controversial journalist Celia Farber was holding court at a read more »
AIDS Anarchist Farber Hops Back in Whirlwind
On the night of Saturday, June 10, the controversial journalist Celia Farber was holding court at a read more »
Remembering Barbara Epstein
Barbara Epstein.
After Barbara Epstein died of lung cancer on Friday, June 16, at the age of 77, it was natural for t read more »
Where Have All The Marchers Gone? They Feel Very Futile
On April 29, over 300,000 people gathered (depending on who you ask) at 22nd Street and Broadway to read more »
Where Have All The Marchers Gone? They Feel Very Futile
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Who Wants to Protest? The loud crowds of February 2003.
On April 29, over 300,000 people gathered (depending on who you ask) at 22nd Street and Broadway to read more »
If You Build It, They Will Come- Hot in Publishing: Platforms!
There was a time when an author’s elegant prose style or compelling subject matter was the primary read more »
Treasury Secretary: Designate Jr. Paulson 'Likes to Hold Snakes'
Henry Paulson Jr., the chairman and chief executive of Goldman Sachs, likes snakes.
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If You Build It, They Will Come— Hot in Publishing: Platforms!
Built-in platform: Talk-show host and soon-to-be fitness book author Oprah Winfrey.
There was a time when an author’s elegant prose style or compelling subject matter was the pri read more »
Treasury Secretary: Designate Jr. Paulson ‘Likes to Hold Snakes’
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Henry Paulson, Jr.
Henry Paulson Jr., the chairman and chief executive of Goldman Sachs, likes snakes.
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Lila, Intellectualite: Peripatetic Nabokovian
Melanie Flood
International Intellectualite: Lila Azam Zanganeh in Soho.
While lots of bright-eyed young women come to New York to take acting classes or become publicists, read more »
Newspeak for a New Millennium: Language Packaged to Persuade
There’s a growing genre of nonfiction that could be called “lefty paranoia about the evil brilli read more »
Newspeak for a New Millennium: Language Packaged to Persuade
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Practically every word that tumbles out of George W. Bush
There’s a growing genre of nonfiction that could be called “lefty paranoia about the evi read more »
Viswanathan-athon: Plagiarizing Writer Fell in Weird Alloy
The company behind Harvard author Kaavya Viswanathan and her now-cancelled book, How Opal Mehta Got read more »
Viswanathan-athon: Plagiarizing Writer Fell in Weird Alloy
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Kaavya Viswanathan.
The company behind Harvard author Kaavya Viswanathan and her now-cancelled book, How Opal Mehta Got read more »
Hey, Victim, Want a Book Deal? Jill Carroll's Post-Trauma Choice
“There’s a great deal of interest in her story, from both media and literary agents,” Jay Jost read more »
Hey, Victim, Want a Book Deal? Jill Carroll’s Post-Trauma Choice
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Jill Carroll.
“There’s a great deal of interest in her story, from both media and literary agents,&rdq read more »
Sex Columnist Trades Her Oldest Profession For Chic Motherhood
Charles Miller
Amy Sohn.
Last Thursday, April 6, New York writer Amy Sohn teetered onto a crimson-lit stage at Merkin Concert read more »
Boom in Obituaries Thrills Morbid Subculture
Every time a person keels over and dies, one presumes it’s a tragic event. read more »
Boom in Obituaries Thrills Morbid Subculture
(c) 2006 by Rob Fleder
Former celebrity reporter and current obit enthusiast Marilyn Johnson.
Every time a person keels over and dies, one presumes it’s a tragic event. read more »
Sex Columnist Trades Her Oldest Profession For Chic Motherhood
Last Thursday, April 6, New York writer Amy Sohn teetered onto a crimson-lit stage at Merkin Concert read more »
The Right-Wing Scion King
Young Thing: Matthew Continetti.
In two weeks, Doubleday will ship copies of The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican M read more »
What Mystique Did Betty Friedan Wield? Very Powerful One
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American author and feminist Betty Friedan speaks at a party in East Hampton, New York, 1970.
It was fitting that Betty Friedan, whose book The Feminine Mystique exploded through the suburbs whe read more »
What Mystique Did Betty Friedan Wield? Very Powerful One
It was fitting that Betty Friedan, whose book The Feminine Mystique exploded through the suburbs whe read more »
Freyed Tomato
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Was Nan Talese sandbagged by Oprah Winfrey?
On Thursday, Jan. 26, Nan A. read more »
The Awful Untruth
On Monday, Jan. read more »
The Awful Untruth
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Respect your elders: Tom Wolfe, the collected works of James Frey and Gay Talese (above).
On Monday, Jan. read more »
In Frey Fabrication, Publishers Only Care If Mt. Oprah Blows
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James Frey.
By the jaded standards of the publishing trade, it shouldn’t have been disturbing to learn tha read more »
In Frey Fabrication, Publishers Only Care If Mt. Oprah Blows
By the jaded standards of the publishing trade, it shouldn’t have been disturbing to learn that au read more »
Risen Publishes Wiretap Book But Times Beats Him
On Tuesday, Jan. read more »
Mr. Zakaria Builds His Own Utopia
Melanie Flood
Fareed Zakaria at work.
Last year, Fareed Zakaria, the Newsweek International editor and television pundit, was invited to p read more »
Gloria Steinem
What is Gloria Steinem’s advice to young women these days? read more »
Robert Silvers
“I think I’ve a terrible defect,” said Robert B. read more »
Woodward Affair: A Paper Is Always The Last To Know!
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Bob Woodward.
“I don’t think I’ve kept in touch with Bob over the years,” said Washington read more »
Woodward Affair: A Paper Is Always The Last To Know!
“I don’t think I’ve kept in touch with Bob over the years,” said Washington Post executive e read more »
