November 01, 2016
Fall Classic
Never mind the Nobel—Philip Roth has already written the great American novel.
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November 01, 2016
Never mind the Nobel—Philip Roth has already written the great American novel.
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Kierkegaard’s love life, Shakespeare’s co-author, and T.S. Eliot’s look.
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How the Chicago Cubs got to the 1908 World Series, in the words of the losing pitcher.
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Simone de Beauvoir’s solo expeditions, the CIA’s modern art collection, and New York City’s unrealized cityscapes.
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Revolutionary dancing, literary redecorating, and surreal cooking.
Read More2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.