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Philip Galanes
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Philip Galanes

Philip Galanes is the author of “Social Q’s,” the advice column published weekly in the Sunday Styles section of The New York Times. Philip is also an entertainment lawyer and novelist. He was born and raised in New England, and graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School. He occasionally sidelines as an interior designer, and his projects have been published in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, New York magazine, and The New York Times. Visit him at PhilipGalanes.com.

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Social Q's will be released on November 27, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Nov 27, 2012
Social Q's is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 27, 2012
Nov 09, 2011
Social Q's will be released on November 01, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 01, 2011
Social Q's is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 01, 2011
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Chapter 8 from Social Q's
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Herald & Review, March 31, 2013
...Once a week, Philip Galanes answers questions about how to act and react in a polite society â a different path from his livelihood as an entertainment lawyer. And his job as an interior...
HispanicBusiness.com, February 25, 2013
...Once a week Philip Galanes answers questions about how to act and react in a polite society -- a different path from his livelihood as an entertainment lawyer. And his job as an interior...
NBCNews.com, January 22, 2013
...Video: New York Times columnist Philip Galanes chats about a few of the social quandaries that earned big responses to his Social Qs column, including grandparents fed up with never receiving thank-you notes from their grandchildren...
AskMen Canada, December 13, 2012
...met." In : How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries, and Quagmires of Today, New York Times advice columnist Philip Galanes helps readers make sense of some dangerous social pitfalls. The book came out on November 1st but is out today in paperback. Here's...
KNAU, November 30, 2012
...When you're out with friends, put your cell phone away, advises New York Times advice columnist Philip Galanes. Credit Simon and Schuster Philip Galanes is a weekly advice columnist for The New York Times. He has also written Father's Day and Emma's...
AskMen US, November 27, 2012
...Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries, and Quagmires of Today, New York Times advice columnist Philip Galanes helps readers make sense of some dangerous social pitfalls. The book came out on November 1st but is out today in paperback. Here's...
Newsday, November 22, 2012
...Forest Books, 182 Birch Hill Rd., Locust Valley; 516-759-1489. See his Saturday stops below. New York Times columnist Philip Galanes discusses his book "Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today" (Simon & Schuster). At...
NBCNews.com, January 11, 2013
...Well, you know, other than the last glass of wine. But they still took notice when TODAY pal Philip Galanes took on the subject of "friend-jumping" in his Social Qs column in The New York Times. The phenomenon occurs when you introduce two of your...
NBCNews.com, December 25, 2012
...With help from New York Times columnist Philip Galanes and TODAY contributor Harriette Cole, Kathie Lee and Hoda answer questions submitted by viewers about how to navigate tricky and awkward family situations during the holidays. (TODAY...
NBCNews.com, December 24, 2012
...New York Times columnist Philip Galanes answers questions about holiday-related etiquette, including whether it’s appropriate to give cash as a holiday gift and how to survive entertaining your boss during a family meal. ...
AskMen US, December 13, 2012
...met." In : How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries, and Quagmires of Today, New York Times advice columnist Philip Galanes helps readers make sense of some dangerous social pitfalls. The book came out on November 1st but is out today in paperback. Here's...
AskMen Canada, December 13, 2012
...met." In : How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries, and Quagmires of Today, New York Times advice columnist Philip Galanes helps readers make sense of some dangerous social pitfalls. The book came out on November 1st but is out today in paperback. Here's...
NBCNews.com, December 9, 2012
...that time of year for parties and gift-giving and awkwardness, politics, family feuds can lead to sticky situations. philip galanes of "social qs" how to survive the quagmires of today. good morning, glad to have you here. we'll get right into this one...
NBCNews.com, December 9, 2012
...that time of year for parties and gift-giving and awkwardness, politics, family feuds can lead to sticky situations. philip galanes of "social qs" how to survive the quagmires of today. good morning, glad to have you here. we'll get right into this one...