3 thoughts on “Eve Babitz (1943-2021)

  1. She became a right-winger and Trumpist in the last part of her life. The catalyst for this was apparently a bad accident that left her burnt and a recluse in the 1990s*. She spent the rest of her life as a recluse and her company was talk-radio. The Times obit mentioned that someonee who tried to repopularize her writings in the aughts wooed her with MAGA hats. This was morally uneasy for me.

    *According to the Times obit, she was trying to light a cigarette while driving and the lit cigarette fell on her acrylic skirt.Report

    1. Yeah, the biography which repopularized her writing talks about the accident and a bit about her politics. It seemed a mixed blessing that she became newly popular- good for her finances no doubt, but it had the effect of putting her whole life in the past tense. She was ‘rediscovered’ about a decade ago and didn’t really write anything new, so really anything about her life after was by her biographer, who was a decent writer, but nothing like Babitz herself.

      On the other hand, maybe it’s best to just have her old books and articles about Hollywood in the 70s.Report

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