Word: kosinski
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...phrases with which Prager litters her stories. Even "The Lincoln-Pruitt Anti-Rape Device," a cynical tale of women fighting in combat-ridden Vietnam, contains a few passing references to "a gay friend of mine who does props for the Met." Bendel's department store, the "Hers" column, Jerzy Kosinski, Brearley and, yes, the Fly Club manage to sneak into the collection's other stories...
...Kosinski on Abbott...
...Jerzy Kosinski New York City
...were published today, Papa would probably play the old man-and perhaps the fish too. And if he did not, no doubt Norman Mailer would volunteer for the role, and perhaps such other aspiring actor-writers as George Plimpton, James Leo Herlihy or Jerzy Kosinski would audition. Nowadays it is almost as fashionable for writers to act as it is for actors to write. In recent months, filmgoers have seen Mailer get violently murdered in Ragtime and Herlihy shoot both his daughter and himself in Four Friends. They have watched Reds in wonderment as Plimpton tries to seduce Diane Keaton...
...reason for the sudden popularity of actor-writers is as mysterious as other movie trends. Kosinski's explanation is probably as good as any: television talk shows have turned writers into market able stars, recognizable to even the nonliterary. "Our photographs are every where," he maintains. "I have a portfolio that rivals Brando's. I'm routinely stopped by people who say, 'I saw you on a talk show.' I'm known." More modestly he adds: "There are also some people who have read our books who will come...