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September 2002

Jackie Collins

Sunday, September 29, 2002

Jackie Collins has been called the “Charles Dickens of Beverly Hills”, “The Victor Hugo of our time” and “Hollywood’s own Marcel Proust.” Her sizzling bestsellers, including Hollywood Wives, Dangerous Kiss, Lethal Seduction and Deadly Embrace, chronicle, in lurid detail, the exploits of the rich and famous.They have sold over 300 million copies in more than 40 countries, and have been made into numerous films and TV miniseries. I’ve now invited her to take on the mantle of the “Tolstoy of the Yaak Valley”, and share the contents of her survival kit with me.


David Halberstam

Sunday, September 22, 2002

David Halberstam won a Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his reporting on the Vietnam War; his book The Best and the Brightest is considered the definitive work on that conflict. His other books, including The Powers That Be, The Reckoning, The Breaks of the Game, The Fifties, The Children, and War in a Time of Peace, have dissected the civil rights movement, U.S. foreign policy, professional and amateur sports, the power of the media and the automobile industry. What does this man, who has examined the workings of almost every aspect of American society, consider essential to his cultural survival? Let’s ask him.


Janeane Garofalo

Sunday, September 15, 2002

Janeane Garofalo was named “Class Clown” at high schools in both New Jersey and Texas; in college, she won the title “Funniest Person in Rhode Island”. She has since taken the other 47 states by storm with dozens of roles in TV (The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live, and The Sopranos to name a few) and films like Reality Bites, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, and Mystery Men, while continuing to hone her stand-up comedy act. What does one of the funniest people in America pack for an extended retreat in a remote location? Let’s check out her survival kit.


Bobby Short

Sunday, September 01, 2002

Bobby Short grew up in Danville, Illinois, but for the last several decades, he says, New York City, and specifically, the Cafe Carlyle, have been his home. Even his summer place in the South of France is called the “Villa Manhattan”. The singer and pianist, who refers to himself as a “saloon singer”, has appeared in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, the Barnum and Bailey Circus and the White House, as well as nightclubs all around the world. He is considered by many the epitome of urban sophistication and elegance, but he has nevertheless agreed to an imaginary journey to a remote cabin, where no one will ever know whether he is wearing formal wear or not. Let’s take a peek in his Survival Kit.