A State of the Union Conversation: Frank Rich and Fran Lebowitz

Just a week after the 2012 presidential election, Texas Performing Arts presents a compelling ‘State of the Union’ conversation with two of America’s most respected writers and social commentators.

Frank Rich joined New York Magazine in June 2011 as Writer-at-Large, writing monthly on politics and culture, and editing a special monthly section anchored by his essay. He is also a commentator on nymag.com, engaging in regular dialogues on the news of the week.

Prior to his days at New York Magazine,… Show more he enjoyed a distinguished career at The New York Times, where his Sunday OpEd column helped inaugurate the expanded opinion pages that the paper introduced in the Sunday Week in Review. Before writing his column, Mr. Rich served as The Times’ chief drama critic beginning in 1980, the year he joined the paper.

Purveyor of urban cool, witty chronicler of the “me decade,” and the cultural satirist whom many call the heir to Dorothy Parker, Fran Lebowitz remains one of the foremost advocates of the Extreme Statement. Author, journalist, and social commentator, Lebowitz offers insights on timely issues such as gender, race, gay rights, and the media as well as her own pet peeves – including celebrity culture, tourists, and strollers.

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