Fran Lebowitz: writer, intellectual and humorist shares her views.

Before traveling to the Midwest, New Yorker Fran Lebowitz talked with Spectrum’s guest host Emily Votaw and share her views on life, mortality, friends and smartphones.

Lebowitz is a writer, humorist and intellectual. A child of the 1950’s, she shares her social criticism with wit, wisdom and a dose of sarcasm.

In 1978, her first book of essays “Metropolitan Life” was published followed by another book of essays in 1981 called “Social Studies.”

Since then, she has been a frequent talk show guest and public speaker due to her engaging banter and her sometimes skewed slant on the world and pop culture.

Lebowitz spoke with Votaw recently before a speaking engagement in Marietta, Ohio.