Metropolitan Life

Metropolitan Life is a collection of comedic essays by American writer Fran Lebowitz. The book was published by E.P. Dutton on March 13, 1978. Metropolitan Life is the debut book by Lebowitz, whom British Vogue described as "the natural successor to Dorothy Parker." She had gained a following for her wit in the columns "Lebowitz Report" in Mademoiselle magazine, and "The Best of the Worst" and "I Cover the Waterfront" in Andy Warhol's Interview magazine. There were also Lebowitz clubs at Yale University, the University of Michigan, and New York University. The book was released in a 1994 compilation titled The Fran Lebowitz Reader along with Lebowitz's 1981 essay collection Social Studies.