| Metropolitan Life | |
| Author: | Fran Lebowitz |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Essays |
| Publisher: | E.P. Dutton |
| Release Date: | 1978 |
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| Pub Date: | March 13, 1978 |
Metropolitan Life is a 1978 bestselling collection of comedic essays by writer Fran Lebowitz.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The book was published by E.P. Dutton on March 13, 1978.[6]
Metropolitan Life is the debut book by Lebowitz, whom British Vogue described as "the natural successor to Dorothy Parker." She had amassed following for her wit in the columns "Lebowitz Report" in Mademoiselle magazine and "I Cover the Waterfront" in Andy Warhol's Interview magazine. There were also Lebowitz clubs at Yale University, the University of Michigan, and New York University.
The book was released in a 1994 compilation entitled The Fran Lebowitz Reader along with Lebowitz's other bestseller Social Studies.[7]