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Oliver Broudy

Oliver Broudy is a full-time freelance writer and the ex-managing editor of the Paris Review. His work has appeared in New York magazine, the New York Times, Mother Jones, and a variety of other publications.

Gandhi’s Return

Last week at a Manhattan auction house, five of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal items were on the block when second thoughts crept in. From the back offices, OLIVER BROUDY observes an auction in suspense. (New York, New York | March 10, 2009)

The Talented Dr. Rosnick

At the New York State Psychiatric Institute, a darkened room of psychologists gaze upon Matt Damon—trying to decide when a bust is really a penis. OLIVER BROUDY watches the analysis unfold. (New York, New York | June 6, 2007)

Binge Listening: the Art of Consumption

Find a new band, listen to the single, expand to a few more songs, then a whole album, then all the albums, and finally, months later, you’ve exhausted their entire catalog—and listened to nothing else in between. Now: Repeat. OLIVER BROUDY instructs us. (Personal Essays | May 15, 2006)

Match Day

Thousands of med students lose their lunch each year over whether they’ll be matched up with the residency of their dreams—or end up washing dishes for minimal wage. This year’s class at NYU was no different, writes OLIVER BROUDY. (New York, New York | March 28, 2006)

Rum Diary

Watching Hunter Thompson watch himself on Charlie Rose, when neither Thompson is comprehensible, can be difficult to follow. Paris Review senior editor Oliver Broudy offers a memorial, remembering a party when Thompson held court. (Personalities | February 24, 2005)


TODAY’S FEATURE

Test Post

Rather than shopping or a pottery workshop, blogging shows promise as a fun, “couple-y” activity. THE GOLEM writes the entry that took a thousand years.

OUR MAN IN BOSTON

Question, Questions, Questions?

Padgett Powell's bebop solo of a book is 164 pages of interrogatory--that's right, questions.

INFINITE SUMMER

Dracula

Sponsored by TMN, the online book club reads the vampire novel that sired them all.
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