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'Hollywood's Eve' Feeds Renewed Interest In L.A. 'It' Girl Turned Writer

Eve Babitz had long been forgotten, when a profile by Lili Anolik triggered a reissuing of the former Hollywood glamour girl's literary works. In a new book, Anolik fills some, but not all, the gaps.
<em>Hollywood's Eve</em> by Lili Anolik

In March of 2014, when Lili Anolik's Vanity Fair profile of Eve Babitz was published, all of Babitz's books were out of print. Her name, like the names of many writers, had mostly been forgotten.

Then, a resurgence. Thanks to a handful of publishers, all but one of Babitz's books have been reissued over the last few years. Each was met with a wave of praise and, in the case of , a which sought to right the

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