Pure Drivel

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Pure Drivel
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Author Steve Martin
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Short Stories
Publisher Hyperion
Publication date September 16, 1998
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 112 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-7868-6467-2
Preceded by Cruel Shoes (1979)

Pure Drivel is a collection of stories by Steve Martin, published in 1998, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker.

Most of the essays collected in the book can be read at the "Compleat Steve" website (links below).

Stories Original Publication Publication Date
"A Public Apology" The New Yorker November 17, 1997
"Writing Is Easy!" The New Yorker June 24, 1996
"Yes, In My Own Backyard" The New Yorker April 22, 1996
"Changes in the Memory After Fifty" The New Yorker January 19, 1998
"Mars Probe Finds Kitten" The New York Times July 10, 1997
"Dear Amanda" The New Yorker February 16, 1998
"Times Roman Font Announces Shortage of Periods" The New Yorker June 9, 1997
"Schrödinger's Cat"
"Taping My Friends" The New Yorker February 23, 1998
"The Nature of Matter and Its Antecedents" The New York Times March 2, 1997
"The Sledgehammer: How It Works" The New Yorker July 27, 1998
"The Paparazzi of Plato" The New Yorker September 22, 1997
"Side Effects" The New Yorker April 13, 1998
"Artist Lost to Zoloft"
"How I Joined Mensa" The New Yorker July 21, 1997
"Michael Jackson's Old Face"
"In Search of the Wily Filipino" The New Yorker July 6, 1998
"Bad Dog"
"Hissy Fit"
"Drivel" The New Yorker December 22, 1997
"I Love Loosely"
"Lolita At Fifty"
"The Hundred Greatest Books That I've Read" The New Yorker
"Closure"
"The Y3K Bug" The New Yorker
"A Word from the Words"

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Steve Martin
Discography
Bibliography
The Jerk • Cruel Shoes • Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays • Pure Drivel • Modern Library Humor and Wit Series • Shopgirl • Kindly Lent Their Owner • The Underpants: A Play • The Pleasure of My Company • The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z • Born Standing Up
Filmography
The Absent-Minded Waiter • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • The Muppet Movie • The Kids Are Alright • The Jerk • Pennies from Heaven • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid • The Man with Two Brains • The Lonely Guy • All of Me • ¡Three Amigos! • Little Shop of Horrors • Roxanne • Planes, Trains & Automobiles • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels • *Parenthood • My Blue Heaven • L.A. Story • Father of the Bride • Grand Canyon • HouseSitter • Leap of Faith • A Simple Twist of Fate • Mixed Nuts • Father of the Bride Part II • Sgt. Bilko • The Spanish Prisoner • The Prince of Egypt • The Out-of-Towners • Bowfinger • Fantasia 2000 • Joe Gould's Secret • Novocaine • Bringing Down the House • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Cheaper by the Dozen • Shopgirl • Cheaper by the Dozen 2 • The Pink Panther • Baby Mama • The Pink Panther Deux
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