Hired HandsWhen you can’t surround yourself with a throng of admirers, you can always hire them to clap, cheer, and hang on to your every word—something actors have done for thousands of years.
LQ Podcast 9: Live from Joe’s Pub 1Last month we had a release party for our Celebrity issue, and we invited some real celebrities to help us make merry by reading some of their favorite excerpts from it. Part one features readings by Alec Baldwin and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and a song by Taylor Mac and Mandy Patinkin.
LQ Podcast 8: Paul CollinsPaul Collins talks about his essay from the “Celebrity” issue, about a forgotten child prodigy who published her first novel in 1927 at age twelve to wide acclaim, and then slipped into obscurity.