Word: plessix
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...testimony to the increasingly schizophrenic character of the Brown New Yorker. Literary gems like Francine du Plessix Gray's review of the Flaubert-Sand epistolary relationship as documented by assorted biographers share pages with tawdry baubles such as John Seabrook's near-hagiographic piece on an obscure art director (whose 15 minutes are ticking rapidly away). And why, oh why do we need to learn anything more about Kate Moss, the waifish model with the look of utter imbecility...
...features editor, Amy Gross -- to develop a voice that would speak to mature, contemporary women. Hypersensitive to comparisons with Lear's, she feels her feature offerings can compete with Vanity Fair's and the New Yorker's. The latter is still a stretch, although recent contributors -- including Francine du Plessix Gray and Roy Blount -- have toughened Mirabella's edge...