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Elizabeth L. Wurtzel

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A Remedy for the Harvard Sickness

A BOUT this time of year, I'd really like to slam my door shut, hang out my "Do Not Disturb"


Nose Rings and Narcissism

T HIS article is going to be about affectations. But first, I'd like to take time out to talk about


Where's Rock's Sincerity?

M AYBE it's me, but I am so sick of sincerity in rock 'n roll. I'm not talking about the


Liquor, Cocaine, Pot, Ecstasy and Sexism

I cannot deny that I have spent a fair amount of my time at Harvard at final clubs. I have


Coke Adds Life

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The Bennington-Knopf Connection

O NCE UPON A time, Bennington College was known as the most expensive school in the country, the rural refuge


Married in the U.S.A.

B Y NOW, no doubt, all of the five million or so people who wanted to buy Bruce Springsteen's new


Date Misbehavin'

A FTER SEEING Blind Date, I finally understood that Bruce Willis' irresistable charm comes from his cosmic ordinariness: he seems


Searching for Norma Jeane

Marilyn: Norma Jeane text by Gloria Steinam photos by George Barris Henry Holt Co.; pp.182; $24.95. W HEN BRITISH WRITER