Selected Articles
- I like to spend the night on the beach (New York Times. 2003)
- I name–or get one of my neighbors to name–my New York City apartment building (New York Times, 1994)
- I peddle difficult-to-sell books on the sidewalk (New York Times Book Review, 2006)
- My boyfriend moves in (New York Times, 2007)
- I test-drive fashion designer Ermenegildo Zegna’s new solar-powered jacket (New Yorker, 2007)
- What if Paris Hilton were the president of the United States? (Vanity Fair, 2004)
- I imagine what it sounds like when cabdrivers in England recite W.H. Auden poetry to celebrate Auden’s birthday (New Yorker, 2007)
- I imagine Nigella Lawson’s recipes for summer (New Yorker, 2003)
- “My Exes: The Set Lists” (New Yorker, 2005)
- Dictionary editors sometimes include fake, made-up words in dictionaries! (New Yorker, 2005)
- I visit the volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island (Travel and Leisure, 2006)
- I walk around New York City wearing my pajamas (New York Times, 1995)
- I cook dinner for a week using food bought at 99 Cent stores (New York Times, 2008)
- Tel Aviv! (New York Times, 2008)
- Jean Paul Gaultier’s Paris (New York Times, 2008)
- A review of “I Like You,” by Amy Sedaris (New York Times Book Review, 2006)
- A review of “The Historian,” by Elizabeth Kostova (New York Times Book Review, 2005)
A friend was saying how much she loved your recent NYT hipster article and I said, Well, you haven’t lived til you’ve read his article on how he tried to pass as a dog groomer for some certification… Where would I find that article? Is it only available in a book? I’d love to send it to my friend to dazzle her further w/ your wit…
A Fan
By Maria Ricapito on May 7, 2013
Thanks, Maria! Long time no hear! Apologies, too, for the glacial speed with which I answer e-mail on my website: I am sloth.
Hope you’re well!
xx
Henry
By Henry Alford on Aug 19, 2013
I am married to an Alford and have been a fan even before said marriage. I recall a column Henry Alford wrote regarding the pronunciation of his surname. All or Al preceding the “ford”. Is there a copy of it somewhere that I can show my husband, Michael Alford?
By Jenny Alford on Jan 9, 2018