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Taylor Antrim Is Totally Hot And Stuff

Seriously, who cares if Taylor Antrim's new prep school novel with a Smiths song title is good? Just look at him. The Observer's Sara Vilkomerson certainly is looking, and boy does she like what she sees. more »

WED JUN 27 2007 AT 4:43 pm
BY EMILY
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Bright Lights, Broken metatarsal

How That Player Jay McInerney Broke His Foot

Speculation has been rampant on how Jay McInerney broke his foot. How could he who carries the mantle of downtown literature do his job when hobbled by a mangled gam? Dana Vachon weighed in unhelpfully when Radar nosed around. And finally McInerney himself explained. We should have known, it happened at the Waverly Inn. It involves summer truffles and for some reason, the dropping of 16 names and nearly as many acute accents. (Bernard-Henri Lévy, a French TV fellow named Frédéric Beigbeider.) Did you know that the Waverly is something of a buffet of literary-star-fuckers? more »

THU JUN 7 2007 AT 10:19 am
BY JOSH
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Latest by GeorgeBabbitt: @collegecallgirl: Working on it. If for no other reason than to see you recognized, despite having been cheated out more

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Dana Vachon's Book Sales

I-banking blogger turned debut novelist Dana Vachon's roman a clef Mergers and Acquisitions was published, to much hullabaloo here and even a little bit of hullabaloo elsewhere, on April 5. Today, we looked up its sales using Nielsen Bookscan (which only tracks approximately 70% of retail outlets). We predicted it would have sold around 8000 copies—in keeping with Ben Kunkel's Indecision about two months in. But not quite. According to Bookscan, it has sold 6425 copies.

THU MAY 31 2007 AT 4:47 pm
BY EMILY
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Team Party Crash

The 'Paris Review' Revel 2007

Doree and Nikola headed to the Puck Building last night for a Paris Review fundraiser. Their account, and photos, follow.
There are certain ways that one announces one's place in the social pecking order. Dalton or Spence. Summers in Nantucket, winters in Palm Beach. Really all out is the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For those truly interested in becoming a part of the literary establishment, there is the Paris Review and its annual gala. Most parties for the quarterly literary journal take place at its offices in Tribeca and are generally attended by the expected assortment of nattily attired lower-level publishing types and a couple of famous writers enticed by the free drinks or the comely assistants who drink too many of them. But the Revel, as the annual benefit is called, is an entirely different animal. Tickets started at $500 and one was welcome to purchase a table for $50,000, which is the annual salary of two assistants. more »

TUE APR 24 2007 AT 4:13 pm
BY DOREE
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Your Sunday 'Times' Timesaver Guide

It's going to be a warm and sunny weekend, which is a good thing considering that you're not going to be indoors reading the Sunday New York Times. If the Big Three sections (Arts, Books, Mag) are any indication, you'll quickly scan the sports scores and then head out to the park for some ultimate frisbee or whatever. So now we will helpfully describe to you, rapid-fire, what you'll be skipping over so you can sound all smart next week. You're welcome! more »

FRI APR 20 2007 AT 2:28 pm
BY BALK
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Latest by herzen: can bruni perform the heimlich maneuver on balk to dislodge vachon's dick from his trachea? more

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The Gawker Ombudsman: I AM OLD AND THERE IS TOO MUCH YELLING!

I am going to use this column to do something I will never be able to do again—convey my first impressions of intensive Gawker-reading. Until I was asked to consider taking on this job, I had been only a casual reader, mainly clicking on the Stalker map to track the whereabouts of Kelly Ripa (Kelly: I know you love me! Why do you insist on playing these games?). Since that day, I have read more Gawker than is typical of any but the fruitlessly employed and Kurt Eichenwald's lawyer. more »

TUE APR 17 2007 AT 11:37 am
BY BALK
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Media Bubble: The Big Eye

  • Bernie Goldberg: will bitch about CBS for food. [NYP]
  • Former Voice editor David Blum names names, questions English, in the Katie Couric blog plagiarism thing. [NYS]
  • CBS: All over the web, up in "portals." [WSJ]
  • Dylan Stableford may be the last person in New York still reading the Press, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have strongly-held opinions about it! [Fishbowl NY]
  • Dana Vachon "casts" Mergers & Acquisitions, mocks Jake Gyllenhaal's swarthiness. [WWD]
  • Ana Marie Cox's Damascene conversion involves the voice of Imus saying "nappy-headed hos." [Time]
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    THU APR 12 2007 AT 10:19 am
    BY BALK
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    Latest by UncleArthur: Shorter Ana Marie: "I know ho's. Ho's is friends of mine. The Rutgers basketball team is no ho's." more

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    Mergers and Acquisitions: A Book Party

    The author needed to meet some very important person from the world of publishing, and his tightly-wound editor let him know it by waving frantically and then physically dragging him over to the corner of the bar. Dana Vachon had been born wealthy and healthy and handsome and he was right to view himself as entirely blessed, especially considering that his first novel, Mergers & Acquisitions had already gone to a second printing that very day. No one wore costumes on the night of his book party at Felix, that Eurotrash magnet on West Broadway, but there was no need for costumes to have a masque ball. Everyone knew their role and played it. more »

    WED APR 11 2007 AT 12:45 pm
    BY BALK
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    Latest by k436pm: Well, I liked it. Good writing. more

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    'Mergers and Acquisitions': The Great Debate

    As those who (for some reason) care may recall, no one over here can agree about anything regarding Dana Vachon's debut novel, Mergers & Acquisitions. Crap? Genius? Sign 'o the times? Horseman of apocalypse? Honestly, it's been tearing our office apart. Because the book party is tonight—more on that tomorrow!—we made Alex and Emily get together to work it all out. This sort of thing will be mainly of interest to those who first have an interest in books (cutting out most of you!) and, second, those who have read the book or are interested in so doing. (There go most the rest!) There are a few minor SPOILERS, so keep that in mind if, but other than that it's like listening in on a book club. And we all know how fascinating that is! more »

    TUE APR 10 2007 AT 1:41 pm
    BY BALK
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    Latest by Dana Vachon, Golden L-IT Boy, With A Glittering Party To Match on Eat The Press: Photos by ETP Last night was the book party for Dana Vachon, a struggling young more

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    Thanks to our advertisers, who respect the sanctity of nature. Interested in joining their ranks? More info is here. Also! How exciting. This week you can enter to win a copy of the hot new novel everyone (here) is talking about: Mergers and Acquisitions! Anyway: "Are you a character in Mergers and Acquisitions? Enter to win a free copy and find out for yourself!" More info at www.jsspenser.com. To enter, just send an email to contests@gawker.com with the subject line Mergers Contest before Tuesday, April 10th. An email will be picked at random to win. By emailing your entry, you agree to our Contest Rules. more »

    FRI APR 6 2007 AT 11:59 am
    BY EMILY
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    Latest by eastvillageboy: And on monday night Anderson didn't need his treo as he was already part of one...dining with two cuties more

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    From The Editors: We Are Clueless, Pure

    You might have seen in Variety that Dana Vachon's Mergers & Acquisitions has been acquired by a film production company "in a deal worth high six figures." (Related: Our Emily Gould is in the bathroom right now, bringing up an amount of vomit in the high six liters.) You might also have noticed, as we did when we rolled out of bed this morning, that Mergers & Acquisitions, a book that we have been prattling about regularly, is being advertised on Gawker today. We have also found out you might also see some sort of sponsored contest here for it tomorrow. You might have some questions about advertising and editorial on Gawker. So might we! more »

    THU APR 5 2007 AT 11:36 am
    BY BALK
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    Latest by ZiggyStardust: "Gawker Ad Guy Chris Batty is so dismissive of the editorial team that he refers to us collectively as "Meat" more

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    Julia Allison Wrestles With Zinczenko Relationship

    It wasn't just Henry the Intern looking foxy at Arianna Huffington's party on Friday night. Men's Vogue fella Hud Morgan was there, too, in a blue blazer, a french cuffed gingham shirt, Nantucket red trousers and a pair of velvet monogrammed slippers. (Sockless, of course.) Mr. Morgan said the shoes "had soles that cost more than your entire closet" but later recanted, because of course he got them for free. (And: was this a "Kennedy clambake in Hyannisport"? one attendee wondered. We just wonder if he can't mate up with similarly-fashioned Dana Vachon. Think of the mix-and-match outfits they could create! It's like preppy Grranimals.) In any event, Mr. Morgan, for some reason, decided to steal former AM NY dating columnist Julia Allison's cellphone. more »

    WED APR 4 2007 AT 12:38 pm
    BY CHOIRE
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    Latest by longacre: I used to go out with a girl who looked and acted just like Julia Allison. I was happy when more

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    Tuesday In the Park With Dana

    What sort of woman reads Dana Vachon's Mergers & Acquisitions? Meet Jessica, a web editor at Conde Nast. Jessica was recently spotted by Bill Cunningham on her "lunch break" in Bryant Park with the season's two must-have accessories: this $34 H&M; print, and Mergers, the rollicking debut novel that's sure to be seen in parks and on subways throughout the summer. "Normally I don't read books with big words," says Jessica, "but I can't resist a Lit Boy with a non-ethnic nose and a background in banking!" Now that's some fine print indeed! more »

    MON APR 2 2007 AT 3:10 pm
    BY BALK
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    Latest by Jessica: @lovelyday: It's more like a PSA for piss-poor posture. Also, just try cramming a salad and Vachon's ego on one more

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    Dana Vachon Backlash To The Backlash To The Backlash Begins

    And now, a word from those of us who are actually threatened by the size of Dana Vachon's $650,000 advance. Or who, at least, think that publishers dole out such advances to highly marketable youngsters at the expense of real novels by real writers— who don't at all feel that Vachon is "the best pure writer to have emerged from the blogosphere" (we've actually read his entire book!), and who don't know him personally and also don't often find "affable Westchester goofiness" adorable in anyone. So! Today's Observer semi-takedown: predictable, yes, but right in at least one important respect. By underlining greasy eminence Jay McInerney's blurbing of both Indecision and Mergers & Acquisitions and dubbing Vachon this year's Lit Boy, Lizzy Ratner makes the point that writing a Bright Lights homage has basically become a literary genre unto itself. What is it about these Lit Boys' books that make them so irritating yet so compelling? Well, maybe Julia Allison, who said that the book made her want to fuck Dana Vachon, is onto something. YES, I JUST SAID THAT. more »

    WED MAR 28 2007 AT 12:46 pm
    BY EMILY
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    Latest by ON THE SCENE - Dana Vachon Makes His Mama Proud on Fresh Intelligence: THE GOOD SON Vachon Dana Vachon isn't just an It Boy author with a six-figure book deal and a gorgeous more

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    Dana Vachon Backlash Begins In Gritty, Blue-Collar Paper

    Those of us who are not actually threatened by the size of Dana Vachon's advance, who feel that he's the best pure writer to have emerged from the blogosphere, and who know him personally and find his affable Westchester goofiness adorable, have had a hard run of it lately. All the press about the Mergers & Acquisitions author makes him seem like such a douchebag. It would be kind of a miracle if it didn't: the Times "A Night Out With" feature and any appearance in New York magazine pretty much instantly confer douchebag status. more »

    WED MAR 28 2007 AT 12:46 pm
    BY BALK
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    Latest by sron: if you guys knew his family background you'd know he's untouchable and has a huge 'safety net.' he can eat, more

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    A Morning In With Dana Vachon

    danavachon.jpgDebut novelist Dana Vachon is all over the news of late, with a mention of his new book in today's roundup of Wall Street-themed titles in the Times Biz section, that New York mag bit about how he knows that the people who will buy his book will do so because it's trendy ("I know my audience. They don't read a book a week. My audience is people who are going to go out and buy this book because they've heard they have to read it") and of course, yesterday's A Night Out With column, which found Vachon recreating a scene from his novel at Le Bilboquet with the people who his characters are based on. more »

    MON MAR 26 2007 AT 12:47 pm
    BY EMILY
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    Latest by Shippy: Finally, young white men are finding confidence and literary success. It's about time. more

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    Media Bubble: Play It As It Lays

  • There's a lot of backbiting and infighting at the Los Angeles Times, which is completely unusual behavior at a major newspaper. [NYT]
  • Kurt Eichenwald's "checkbook journalism" controversy may keep him out of the first issue of Portfolio, which should give him plenty of free time to file that lawsuit he keeps talking about. [WWD]
  • Quick recap of the action in the first week of Conrad Black's fraud trial. [ToTheCenter]
  • At this point we don't care who buys Tribune, we just want to see an end to this fucking story. Now Ron Burkle and Eli Broad have popped up again. [NYT]
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    MON MAR 26 2007 AT 12:47 pm
    BY BALK
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    Remainders

    Remainders: Amanda Congdon Puts Her Boobs Back To Work

  • Ex-Rocketboomer Amanda Congdon's got a new job—as a shill for DuPont. [AdAge]
  • Pay $2,300 to work out in a spinning class on the Upper West Side with Bill Clinton. For serious. The money, of course, goes to his wife's presidential bid. [The Caucus]
  • Anyone want to guess who Dana Vachon's characters in Mergers & Acquisitions are based on? [Dealbreaker]
  • L.A. journalist and blogger and proud trouble-raiser Cathy Seipp is gravely ill. [Cathy's World]
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    MON MAR 19 2007 AT 12:49 pm
    BY DOREE
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