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A Lesson from One of 215 Brian Doyles
The Quest for Originality
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I Don’t Want to Go Home: The Oral History of The Stone Pony
Released Just This Week. A Summer Read. The Jersey Shore
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May 2024

Top Fuel Dragster Legend, Shirley Muldowney
This week’s post was spurred by news that earlier this year, Fox Sports had run a documentary on National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) legend and ’70s…
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Daughters of Emma Peel
A Pilgrimage to Broome Street
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April 2024

Happy Birthday, Glen Campbell
April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017
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The Guns of August: An Opening Paragraph for the Ages
History as Essential Storytelling, with Some Thoughts from Iggy Pop
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March 2024

Seeing the World in Our Moments
The Legacy of Jeff Zaslow
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Spring Training
what baseball season tells us about renewal
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February 2024

Flying with the Nightbird
the queen of late-night radio
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Trailblazers
If you’re a new subscriber, welcome! This is a serialized longform essay about two pivotal issues of Playboy magazine in the late 1970s. Click here to…
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still talking about the sexual revolution
can I respectfully disagree?
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what will you do with your freedom?
Closing out the 1970s
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