Glenn O’Brien

Glenn O’Brien appears in a brief but distinct exchange that links his journalism to a conversation about the cultural return of the 1960s. The diarist remembers him as fun, leaving the encounter defined less by biography than by its easy, animated tone.

Work and Conversation

The diarist speaks with Glenn O’Brien by phone about why the 1960s were coming back. The discussion is recalled uncertainly, as being about that subject “or something,” while O’Brien is working on an article for Elle. The entry thus places him in the role of a journalist thinking through cultural recurrence as he prepares a piece.

Characterization in the Diary

The exchange is a small social moment rather than a developed portrait. The diarist’s judgment that O’Brien was fun supplies its clearest personal detail: he comes across as an engaging conversationalist, while the unfinished recollection preserves the casual, passing quality of the call.