På trods af hendes litterære produktion, der hyppigt blev sammenlignet med [[Joan Didion]] og blev kritikerrost, <ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Penelope|date=3. oktober 2019|title=The Eve Babitz Revival|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/style/the-eve-babitz-revival.html|access-date=21. april 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=21. april 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421211207/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/style/the-eve-babitz-revival.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Tolentino|first=Jia|title=The "Sex and Rage" of Eve Babitz|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-sex-and-rage-of-eve-babitz|access-date=21. april 2021|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-us|archive-date=23. februar 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223062159/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-sex-and-rage-of-eve-babitz|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18. januar 2019|title=Eve Babitz chronicled L.A.'s hedonist heyday and enjoyed the party|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-eve-babitz-hollywood-review-20190118-story.html|access-date=21. april 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=21. april 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421205744/https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-eve-babitz-hollywood-review-20190118-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lambert">{{Cite web|last=Lambert|first=Molly|date=7. oktober 2019|title=The Perseverance of Eve Babitz's Vision|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/10/07/the-perseverance-of-eve-babitzs-vision/|access-date=21. april 2021|website=The Paris Review|language=en|archive-date=21. april 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421205744/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/10/07/the-perseverance-of-eve-babitzs-vision/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ciuraru|first=Carmela|date=28. oktober 2015|title=Review: New Novels by Paul Murray, César Aira and Others|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/books/review-new-novels-by-paul-murray-cesar-aira-and-others.html|access-date=21. april 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=21. april 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421205742/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/books/review-new-novels-by-paul-murray-cesar-aira-and-others.html|url-status=live}}</ref> fokuserede det meste af pressen om Babitz på hendes forskellige romantiske omgange med berømte mænd.
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