Self-Made

Norah Vincent's New York Times bestselling book, Self-Made Man, ended on a harrowing note.

Voluntary Madness by Norah Vincent: Book summary 2010

Elsewhere, British artist Gillian Wearing comes up with the urban neurotic variant in "Self-Made," for which she sifted through thousands of responses to a classified ad before picking seven participants in an acting experiment.

Waking Lives, Dream States Steve Dollar 2011

In Self-Made Man, you discuss the relationship between childhood experience and understanding gender rolesfor example, fathers withholding affection in order to create tough young men.

Norah Vincent - An interview with author 2010

One of my dear friends, Self-Made Mom, came home and decided to auction her swag pile on eBay: so in a moment of materialistic Zen, I decided to do something a little rash (for me at least.)

Where I am this week... 2009

Again, in “Self-Made Man”, the fans thought her interaction with Eric the librarian was more emotional than it actually was.

Matthew Yglesias » Spitzer: Let’s Condemn the Human Race to Slavery and Extinction 2009

Self-Made Man not only exposes the truth about contemporary manhood but is quite intimate in its discussion of your personal history, sexual identity, and emotions.

Norah Vincent - An interview with author 2010

One of my dear friends, Self-Made Mom, came home and decided to auction her swag pile on eBay: so in a moment of materialistic Zen, I decided to do something a little rash (for me at least.)

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

And he showed a playful side vaguely reminiscent of the old New Wave auteurs in the 1996 comedy A Self-Made Hero, in which family portraits come to life and characters perform deadpan monologues into the camera.

Making New Waves 2010

But I think that with the latest episode, "Self-Made Man," the show's creator missed an opportunity to really do some interesting things, and tossed off what could have been a complex, fascinating direction for the story.

Entry #1,978 greygirlbeast 2008

For our Secrets of the Self-Made special report, Forbes surveyed some of America's richest about their paths to riches.

Fail Like A Billionaire Steven Bertoni 2010