Eve Babitz

Aug 23, 2024 | airmail.news | Kat Lister |Eve Babitz

In the mid-50s, when Eve Babitz was 13 years old, she asked her mother, Mae, if she would buy her a leopardskin rug. “A real one, you know?” Babitz’s sister, Mirandi, reminisces on a video call from her home in Los Angeles – laughing at her elder sibling’s spunky request. Their mother said no. But she cushioned the blow by offering to get her a leopard print swimsuit instead. “There’s a picture of her wearing it reading Elinor Glyn,” Mirandi continues. “I mean, there you go,” she chuckles.

Jan 31, 2024 | booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Bex Frankeberger |Rebecca Reilly |Eve Babitz |Hanif Abdurraqib

By Bex FrankebergerLike any good Californian, I grew up listening year-round to the Beach Boys. And now, like any good New Yorker, I spend my winters Vitamin D deficient. I still listen to the Beach Boys year-round, but I’ve found the Wilson brothers hit different when I’m wearing wool socks. True fans know that winter is Beach Boys season. How else are New Yorkers supposed to get Vitamin D? Supplements? No one has that kind of time! But we do have time to read.