David Denby is a friend, so. But this article is really the best encapsulization of these brilliant, irreplaceable, sometimes maddening and wrongheaded people I have ever read. And I collect NY intellectuals the way normal American males collect baseball cards. #daviddenby

Episode 642 – David Denby Virtual Memories Show 642: David Denby “What if Jews had freedom they never had before, and they had it in the United States?” With his fantastic new book, EMINENT JEWS (Holt), writer a…

New #podcast: #DavidDenby joins the show to talk about his new book, EMINENT JEWS: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer! We talk #art #music #movies #comedy #feminism #books #GreatBooks & a LOT more, so GO LISTEN! chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

Excellent biographies of Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and Leonard Bernstein. As with some memoirs this is not a quick read and might feel repetitive at times, well worth reading. #EminentJews #DavidDenby #MelBrooks #BettyFriedan #NormanMailer #LeonardBerstein #biography #biographies