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Elizabeth Wurtzel

  1. obituary
    What Elizabeth Wurtzel Was Really LikeMy friend Elizabeth Wurtzel was everything we weren’t supposed to be.
    By Nancy Jo Sales
  2. obituary
    Remembering Elizabeth Wurtzel, a Proudly Difficult Person“She had a tiny nuclear reactor where the rest of us have a breastbone.”
    By Benjamin Wallace
  3. from the archives
    Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Best Essays for New YorkFrom her 1990 column “Sounds” to her more recent pieces about growing up and “living with intent.”
    By the Cut
  4. sounds
    Shocked Value“… Though Michelle Shocked’s been through fringe movements from New York to Amsterdam, her songs are never preachy …”
    By Elizabeth Wurtzel
  5. sounds
    The Garden of EdieOn Ghost of a Dog, the New Bohemians sound completely loose and relaxed, as if they were playing a live show.
    By Elizabeth Wurtzel
  6. sounds
    Hot AirBut Seriously is full of the Big issues — homelessness, racism, and the other causes du jour that Phil Collins makes sound so trite.
    By Elizabeth Wurtzel
  7. sounds
    Heavy BreathingOn Madonna’s Dick Tracy-inspired album, she sings, “I just like things a little rough, and you better not disagree.”
    By Elizabeth Wurtzel
  8. sounds
    Backyard PartyCombining bluegrass, Middle Eastern, zydeco, and folk, Poi Dog Pondering hangs on to every last bit of fun in the sun.
    By Elizabeth Wurtzel
  9. sounds
    Fragile InnocenceIntense Sinéad O’Connor, who seems to be striving for a vision of the Virgin Mary, can at times become self-referential.
    By Elizabeth Wurtzel
  10. elizabeth wurtzel
    Elizabeth Wurtzel Has Died at 52The iconic Prozac Nation writer died of complications from cancer.
    By Hannah Gold
  11. families
    Neither of My Parents Was Exactly Who I Thought They WereElizabeth Wurtzel spent decades trying to understand why nobody in her family was much like her.
    By Elizabeth Wurtzel
  12. rising above it all
    25 Famous Women on Overcoming RejectionSylvia Plath, Yoko Ono, Misty Copeland, and more women on rising above it all.
    By Julie Ma
  13. love hurts
    30 Famous Women on HeartbreakCoping advice from Rihanna, Amy Poehler, Jennifer Aniston, and more.
    By Julie Ma
  14. writers
    25 Famous Women on Writing Their Own StoriesThe power (and challenges) of self-reflection.
    By Julie Ma
  15. quotables
    Elizabeth Wurtzel to Twentysomethings: Have a Plan“I am happy, but I don’t recommend this.”
    By Kat Stoeffel
  16. love and war
    Elizabeth Wurtzel Confronts Her One-Night Stand of a LifeI am 45 and have been living like I’m 25 since I was 15.
    By Elizabeth Wurtzel