The Pieces of Zadie Smith - The New York Times

"Hair is not essential when you look like Nefertiti," she writes of the mother in "Swing Time," but she might be describing herself. Zadie is a glamorous figure now, especially for a writer. Literary cocktail parties are not exactly star-studded events, but those thrown by Zadie and her husband, the poet and novelist Nick Laird, come close. Among the mix of people who show up (and everyone does show up, which is itself remarkable) are Hilton Als, Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie, alongside actual celebrities like Lena Dunham or Rachel Weisz.