My interview with Laurie Anderson is in the January 2012 issue of the Believer Magazine.
By Amanda Stern
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LINKS TO FRIENDS
good FRIENDS WHO WRITE: Nelly Reifler, Fiona Maazel, Janice Erlbaum, Stephen Elliott, Samantha Hunt, Laurie Sandell, Hannah Tinti, Darin Strauss, Sheila Heti, Colson Whitehead, Robert Lopez
good ARTISTS: Thomson and Craighead, Leah Garnett, Danielle Spencer, Katie Merz, Margaux Williamson
good SPACES: The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, The Stone, Issue Project Room, Joe’s Pub
good BOOKS: Play it as it Lays Joan Didion, Jesus’ Son Denis Johnson, Light Years James Salter, The Member of the Wedding Carson McCullers Autobiography of Red Anne Carson, Any & every book by... David Markson
good IDEAS: CLMP, TED, NYPL LIVE, Stacked Up TV!, Villa Gillet, The Long Now, Alain de Botton – School of life
good INDIE BOOKSTORES (in Brooklyn): Greenlight, Book Court, Community Bookstore (Park Slope), Community Bookstore (Cobble Hill).
UGLY TEEN PHOTOS
Ug much? Send me your best awkward teen photo.
(From the top: Brian, David, Jeffy and Diane)
ANTHOLOGIES
Interview with Laurie Anderson in Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence: The Best Believer Music Interviews edited by Vendela Vida and Ross Simonini / Believer Books
Forthcoming essay in / Women in Clothes: Why We Wear What We Wear edited by Sheila Heti, Leanne Shapton and Heidi Julavits / Blue Rider Press
Acting Lessons / The Marijuana Chronicles / Akashic Books
Scout’s Honor / Love is a Four Letter Word / Plume
ESSAYS/PROFILES
Forthcoming articles at Oprah.com
“The Connector” for Heleo, 2016
Satirical book review for Salon, 2015
Matthew Hussey Interview Salon, 2015
Still Looking about the disappearance of Etan Patz New York Post
Lorenzo Izzo interview for Interview Magazine, 10/2015
20 articles for Cafe.com (oddly, this site is now called “Scary Mommy). 2014
Laurie Anderson, An Interview for The Believer Magazine, 1/12/12
Living with Music, A Playlist for the New York Times “Arts Beat”, 4/15/2009
A Night Out With, The Whitest Kids U’ Know for the Sunday New York Times, 3/2/2008
A Night Out With, Stacey Bendet for the Sunday New York Times, 1/7/2007
Ten Years Later, The Black Table, 4/05/04
Notes to a Reader, the New York Times Magazine, 10/03/04
Seeing Etan, “Lives Page,” The New York Times Magazine, 12/30/01
Favorites, Amanda picks her favorite books in The Week Magazine
THE NEXT SHOW IS…
WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 9th, 2011
@Joe’s Pub
theme: The World of Science & Dance
Starring:
Lisa Randall
Elizabeth Streb
Musical guest:
Emily Wells
Host:
Amanda Stern
BUY TICKETS
$15
doors at 6pm / show at 7pm
PRESS & BLURBS
“A local staple”
– Time Out NY
The New York Times Magazine (“Downtown” issue 9.10.06) has pegged Amanda as an impresario and “New Bohemian” who is “keeping downtown alive.” Have a look HERE, online, at the slide show
“Wildly popular”
– New York Magazine
“Best crowds… most fun…the guests are consistently amazing…”
– NY Press
“Amanda Stern…impresario helping to keep downtown, New York alive.”
– The New York Times Magazine
“…Always excellent.” – The Village Voice
“It is a great place for stories. I loved it.” – Ron Carlson
“Amanda Stern is a badass and a legend, and Happy Ending Reading Series kicks your reading series ass. She’s grown this little downtown shindig into an extravaganza, and it is a delight to be a part of it every time.” – Elizabeth Crane
“Being on the Happy Ending stage is the closest to being a rock star a writer is going to get. Get on it, see it, be it.” – Padgett Powell
“there’s simply no reading series that does it better or more consistently than Happy Ending.” – Joshua Ferris
“Literary readings are often rather lugubrious affairs but Amanda Stern has found a way to completely re-invigorate the form. The Happy Ending series is the liveliest, most interesting cultural program of its kind in NYC.” – Zoe Heller
I’ve rarely felt so comfortable reading as I did reading at Happy Ending. Also, I’m pretty sure this unique series is the only one that would allow me to give away a live goldfish. – Sloane Crosley
“I’m always happy to perform at the Happy Ending reading series. I’m happy at the beginning of the show and at the end of the show. Not to mention the middle. All in all, from start to finish, it’s always a great experience!” — Jonathan Ames
“Happy Ending is the best reading series in New York, and probably the country. It’s an essential part of the literary world. Add in music and the unusual feats of bravery required of the readers, and you have the perfect night of entertainment.” – Darin Strauss
“The Happy Ending series has become a crucial feature of New York’s literary culture thanks to the prodigious effort, imagination, and good humor of its impresario and host, Amanda Stern.” – Matthew Sharpe
“I loved it. I wish you would have me back. It’s a great evening.” – Adam Rapp