But this particular vehicle is the model with the sliding doors, designated for handicap access. Under normal circumstances the cab would be mine. At long last, a cab drifts in our direction. I make a big show of checking the time and rotating my suitcase back and forth.
As the minutes pass and no cabs come, the tension grows.
It’s partially to avoid conflict and partially to claim innocence in the event of the finger. They pretend not to see me and I pretended not to see them, which is the kind of cutthroat strategy New Yorkers employ when embarking upon otherwise benign activities. A woman in a wheelchair and her date, a man, arrive at the corner seconds after me. I am running late for the airport, trying to catch a cab on my street corner. And yet she’s still very much herself, and it’s great to have her back-and not a moment too soon (or late, for that matter).
Look Alive Out There arrives on the tenth anniversary of I Was Told There’d be Cake, and Crosley’s essays have managed to grow simultaneously more sophisticated and even funnier. Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessors-Dorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris-and crafted something rare, affecting, and true. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. In Look Alive Out There, whether it’s scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, playing herself on Gossip Girl, befriending swingers, or staring down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners. More of a blazer, really.įans of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number know Sloane Crosley’s life as a series of relatable but madcap misadventures. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays!įrom the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There-a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm.
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