In 1982, The Paris Review published the short story that became the first chapter of Bright Lights, Big City, McInerney’s debut hit novel, which appeared two years later. Thereafter, McInerney was ...

the researchers were able to get a clear picture of how artificial light at night (ALAN) is associated with sleeplessness. "The incidence of insomnia among residents at the city level was measured ...

Jay McInerney’s “Bright Lights, Big City” arrived 40 years ago this week with an initial print run of 15,000 and a future that was hard to envision. Maybe you were present at the creation ...

Jamie Conway (Michael J. Fox) is an aspiring writer and yuppie living in New York City who seeks oblivion in cocaine and the glittery nightclub scene as his life falls apart (his wife leaves him ...

NASA calls this kind of celestial occurrence a "fireball event" Residents of Mexico City are pondering the ... a more specific explanation: the bright light in the sky was a bolide.

Jay McInerney, author of “Bright Lights, Big City,” will lead “The Creative Life” conversation series with WAMC’s Joe Donahue as part of the New York State Writers Institute’s 2025 ...

Dallas City Hall and other buildings into art installations. This year’s theme is “FuturePresentPast.” Here are the artists who will light up Dallas: Alejandro Almanza Pereda, A glass of ...