Elizabeth Wurtzel

  • Confessions of a middle-aged "Bitch"

    The party girl of memoir, Elizabeth Wurtzel, grows older but not much wiser.
    By Amy Benfer May 27, 2009

  • Couch surfing

    She found her Dr. Feelgood once. But do you ever get a second one?
    By Sheerly Avni March 10, 2003

  • Thanks. A lot

    Let the critics say what they will about Elizabeth Wurtzel's books -- her acknowledgments pages are sheer literary genius
    By Tom Bissell March 19, 2002

  • "More, Now, Again" by Elizabeth Wurtzel

    The author of "Prozac Nation" describes being neurotic, smart, sexy, rich, self-obsessed and addicted to Ritalin in her latest dysfunctional memoir.
    By Peter Kurth January 23, 2002

  • Christina Ricci

    Her latest role, in "The Man Who Cried," casts her as a Jewish refugee during World War II who has a hot thing with Johnny Depp.
    By Stephen Lemons June 1, 2001

  • I'm dancing naked in my Ugg boots as fast as I can

    The new crop of girl guides consoles single women with stealthy heckling and humiliating tasks.
    By Carina Chocano May 7, 2001

  • F*** the world

    Or at least a rock star. In Elizabeth Wurtzel's story "Alex," a lonely rock critic gets it on with a well-hung, tattooed hottie.
    Read by Elizabeth Wurtzel March 29, 2001

  • The agony after ecstasy

    I took the drug for nearly a year to lift myself to euphoria. Then I crashed hard.
    By Liz O'Brien June 14, 2000

  • Elizabeth Wurtzel's coverup

    "Bitch" to get a more modest look in paperback.
    By -- Craig Offman May 3, 1999

  • My syndrome, myself

    A recent crop of memoirs chronicles our obsession with illness, from Tourette's syndrome to anorexia to obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    By Laura Miller June 24, 1998

  • Bitch

    Lily Burana reviews 'Bitch' by Elizabeth Wurtzel.
    By Lily Burana April 20, 1998

  • Media Circus: The rise and fall of the Hollywood party

    Tinseltown orgies just aren't what they used to be.
    By Catherine Seipp August 1, 1997

  • Media Circus: Do babes sell books?

    In the cutthroat publishing biz, a pretty face on the cover is worth a thousand blurbs.
    By Lee Smith July 30, 1997
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