Look, an interview in the Stranger with Deborah Treisman, last seen introducing Lorrie Moore and bringing her some nourishing gin. This picture is not very flattering. I’m reading (reviewing) John Lahr’s new collection, Honky Tonk Parade: New Yorker Profiles of Show People, and he dedicates the book to Treisman and to his wife, Connie Booth, who of course played Fawlty Towers’ Polly. Without giving away too much of my scintillating (print!) review, Lahr’s writing has it all—brains, heart, and courage. Ugh, that’s awful. This is what blogs are for, folks! Practice runs and bad puns.

By the way, it’s true: “Honky Tonk Parade” has no hyphen. I looked. People are turning against hyphens, in my world. and I have not yet seen the wisdom of this. Discuss.