Barbara Goldsmith

“WOMEN ON THE EDGE,” The New Yorker, April 26, 1993

Selected Works

SELECTED ARTICLES
“WOMEN ON THE EDGE,” The New Yorker, April 26, 1993
Barbara Goldsmith's article from The New Yorker entitled "Women on the Edge".
"The Meaning of Celebrity"
"No longer are there immutable standards by which to judge ourselves. Image has overtaken reality." -- Barbara Goldsmith, The New York Times Magazine, 1983
BLOGS
The Johnson Family Tears
Barbara Goldsmith's Blog on the death of Casey Johnson
Jennifer Aniston's $50K Hairstyle vs. Librarian Pensions
Barbara Goldsmith's blog from The Daily Beast on New York Public Library pensions
Barbara Goldsmith Laments Post's Liz Smith Loss
Barbara Goldsmith writes a tribute to Liz Smith as she ends her run at the New York Post.
What the Richest Men in the World Don't Know
Barbara Goldsmith's blog from The Daily Beast on Ethics
Barbara Goldsmith's The Daily Beast Blog
Barbara Goldsmith writes on inherited wealth.
Message to All Whining Female Democrats: Hillary's Out. Get Over It
Barbara Goldsmith blogs for WowOWow about Hilary Clinton supporters for Obama.
ARTICLES ABOUT BARBARA
Financial Times Profile of Barbara Goldsmith
"A Testament of Riches Shared" by Pamela Ryckman
TOM WOLFE'S Excerpt on the Beginning of New York Magazine
TOM WOLFE'S recounting of the beginning of New York Magazine
NON-FICTION
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
Best-selling author Barbara Goldsmith on the myth and reality behind the extraordinary "Madame Curie".
Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull
“Absorbing, sweeping ... richness of narrative ... complex morally nuanced portraits ... compelling narrative power ... fabulously rich.”
--The New York Times
Johnson v. Johnson
“Fascinating . . . An engrossing tale of greed, incest, treachery, legal incompetence, corruption, wealth and weakness.”
--People
Little Gloria . . . Happy at Last
“Prodigiously researched this book has vast range. Staggering, gripping, confounding, informative, it is extraordinary.”
--Time Magazine
FICTION
The Straw Man
“Brilliant, fascinating, chilling—a marvelously entertaining novel about the decadent world of the super rich and the New York art establishment.” --Peter Maas