Pure Drivel
# Pure Drivel

Pure Drivel is a collection of stories by Steve Martin, published in 1998, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker.

| Stories | Original Publication | Publication Date |
| - | - | - |
| "A Public Apology" | The New Yorker | November 17, 1997 |
| "Writing Is Easy!" | The New Yorker | June 24, 1996 |
| "Yes, In My Own Backyard" | The New Yorker | April 22, 1996 |
| "Changes in the Memory After Fifty" | The New Yorker | January 19, 1998 |
| "Mars Probe Finds Kitten" | The New York Times | July 10, 1997 |
| "Dear Amanda" | The New Yorker | February 16, 1998 |
| "Times Roman Font Announces Shortage of Periods" | The New Yorker | June 9, 1997 |
| "Schrödinger's Cat" | | |
| "Taping My Friends" | The New Yorker | February 23, 1998 |
| "The Nature of Matter and Its Antecedents" | The New York Times | March 2, 1997 |
| "The Sledgehammer: How It Works" | The New Yorker | July 27, 1998 |
| "The Paparazzi of Plato" | The New Yorker | September 22, 1997 |
| "Side Effects" | The New Yorker | April 13, 1998 |
| "Artist Lost to Zoloft" | | |
| "How I Joined Mensa" | The New Yorker | July 21, 1997 |
| "Michael Jackson's Old Face" | | |
| "In Search of the Wily Filipino" | The New Yorker | July 6, 1998 |
| "Bad Dog" | | |
| "Hissy Fit" | | |
| "Drivel" | The New Yorker | December 22, 1997 |
| "I Love Loosely" | | |
| "Lolita At Fifty" | | |
| "The Hundred Greatest Books That I've Read" | The New Yorker | |
| "Closure" | The New Yorker | February 15, 1999 |
| "The Y3K Bug" | The New Yorker | |
| "A Word from the Words" | | |
