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Tag Archives: The Fun of It
The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Do the Rookies Know How Willie Mays Played?’, by Roger Angell
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘On Display’, by Susan Orlean
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Filmmaker’, by Veronica Geng
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Taxi Jokes’, by Mark Singer
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Dylan’, by Hendrik Hertzberg and George Trow
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Elvis! David!’, by Hendrik Hertzberg
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Beckett’, by Jane Kramer
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Tagged Buster Keaton, essays, Ireland, Samuel Beckett, The Fun of It
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Nichols, May, and Horses’, by John McCarten
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Caricaturist’, by Geoffrey Hellman
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Tagged Angela Lansbury, Elvis Presley, essays, Katharine Hepburn, The Fun of It
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Mr. Hulot’, by Lillian Ross
Next up on the essays shelf: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town (Modern Library Paperbacks) is a collection of “The Talk of the Town” pieces in The New Yorker, grouped by decade, which is a … Continue reading