The Writer's Life 10/25 - Famous

An op-ed piece by Ashley McGuire in Saturday's NY Post praised one of the most popular music artists in the world for her surprising views on sex. A picture of the talented beauty is almost a daily occurrence in the paper. The interview was done for Vanity Fair, and McGuire quotes from it. Here are excerpts, edited by yours truly. See if you can guess who it is. A picture will be below: "The writer questions her bad-girl reputation and asks whether her life is just one big, long, sexy night out on the town. The interviewer wonders: Given that she’s supposed to be so freewheeling, can’t she just have sex for fun? The singer replies: 'If I wanted to I would completely do that. I am going to do what makes me feel happy, what I feel like doing. But that would be empty for me; that to me is a hollow move. I would wake up the next day feeling like s -  -  t. I don’t want to wake up the next day feeling guilty. I mean I get horny, I’m human, I’m a woman, I want to have sex. But what am I going to do — just find the first random cute dude that I think is going to be a great ride for the night and then tomorrow I wake up feeling empty and hollow? He has a great story and I’m like . . . what am I doing? I can’t do it to myself. I cannot. It has a little bit to do with fame and a lot to do with the woman that I am. And that saves me.'"

Another bio of Frank Sinatra, covering his final 44 years, is being issued this week. Diane DeFuria offers highlights in a long article. I won't be reading the book, which is generous with dirt. The best of Ol' Blue Eyes lives on in his music, and that's the only thing that really matters. There is a more important literary work coming out Tuesday: The Early Short Stories of Truman Capote. An article by Reed Tucker tells how they were found among a batch of papers donated to the New York Public Library. It is unlikely any approach his best writing, but any of the unpublished work of such a noted figure should be made available to the public. If it's good, it will add to the legacy. If it's not, it will fade away harmlessly.

For several years David Price has been one of the AL's top regular season pitchers. Like Clayton Kershaw of the NL, something goes wrong in the playoffs. Price's regular season record is 104-56, ERA 3.09 in a DH league, opponents' batting average .233. In the post season he is 2-7, ERA 5.24. Now a free agent, I doubt those woes will hamper his bargaining power.

Here's the young woman whose views on sex are so surprising. Don't know her name? I'm not telling: :

My thanks to the woman who bought a chick lit novel, my only sale today in Park Slope.

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