Night-table Reading

Eric Bogosian(playwrightactor):Elia Kazan: A Life, by Elia Kazan (Knopf). "It's about somebody who has done everything you want to do and everything you don't want to do. "

Andrt Gregory(actordirector):Freud: A Life for Our Times,by Peter Gay (W. W. Norton). ''It gave me a sense of the terrors and chaos of the creative process of discovery as well as the relationship of Freud the Jew to his times both politically and culturally. "

Shirley Lord(author): Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,by Thomas D. Rees (W. B. Saunders). "It's one of the few bibles on plastic surgery— which as a topic fascinates me—and has been invaluable as research for my new book. "

Geoffrey Beene(fashion designer):The Old Farmer's Almanac,edited by Judson D. Hale ( Yankee Publishing). "Being an avid gardener, I'm reading this by force. "