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Quoted everywhere from Parenting to The Wall Street Journal, with over a million copies of their books in print, bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the baby-name experts. In this fresh and expanded new edition of "the best baby-naming book ever written" (The News Journal) , they offer irresistible lists of names you won't find anywhere else, along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions-and answers-for expectant parents:Style:What's hot and what's cool--including Honest Names, Spiritual Names, Kreeatif Names, The Two-Syllable Solution, Word Names, The Exotics, and a Girl Named Boy.Popularity:The most popular names in America and around the world, and whatcelebrities are naming their babies.Image: What's really in a name, and why Briyana spells troubleSex: What's it like for a girl to grow up with a traditionally feminine name like Abigail or Blossom; a no-frills name like Alice or Jane; or a unisex name like Dylan or Dakota? And are there any decidedly masculine names left for boys?Tradition: A concise history of American baby-naming, plus inspired ways to reflect your own cultural heritage.Family: Whose name is it, anyway? and other vital considerations."Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides...[Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line."-Entertainment Weekly
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The big news is the republication of my 1969 novel TALK by New York Review Books Classics, this time presented as its authentic self--as based on actual audiotapes made by three friends, (one of whom might be me) , mostly on the beach at East Hampton, over the summer of '65. It launched on July 7th, and is, happily, attracting a lot of attention, with positive reviews in the New Republic, Paris Review, LA Times, NY Times (3x) , the Guardian, Harpers, The Toast, Millions and more. It is the NYRB Classics selection for July.
