At the Hotel Roquefort
James Jones. The Paris Review was founded in 1953, the year after my father won the National Book Award for his novel From Here to Eternity. James Jones was a newcomer on the literary scene, an...
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Photo: Davidd, via Flickr Little green army men—they don’t have a more specific name—are now in the National Toy Hall of Fame, which exists, in Rochester, and held its 2014 induction ceremonies last...
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In wartime, the walls of the latrine provide a rare opportunity for self-expression. Photo: Lee Cannon “It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech,” as a patriotic poem by...
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Elena Passarello’s column is about famous animals from history. This week: Barry the Saint Bernard. Design by Kristen Radtke. From the day he was born, before he was given his name or opened his...
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The Playboy Club, Chu Lai, Vietnam, 1969. Photo: The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University, via the New York Times Remember when the magazine industry had real cultural currency? Me...
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