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In which the lead singer of The Kinks reveals, among other things, his true height.
Candy Darling, Tinkerbell, Glenn O’Brian Interview Jan 1973 15min
In praise of the library as the rare “indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.”
Zadie Smith New York Review of Books Jun 2012 15min
An aura of exclusion and elitism at Columbia University: “The question is not whether you are a New Yorker, but which New York you live in.”
Kaitlin Phillips The Eye Feb 2013 15min
[Subscription Required] Rebellious teens and their longhaired antics on Sunset Boulevard.
Renata Adler New Yorker Feb 1967
An obituary for the greatest boxing writer of all time.
Chuck Klosterman Esquire Jan 2008
[Google Books] On a bout of hubris and brawn.
Norman Mailer LIFE Mar 1971
Hungry young men and savage strikes: the most mythopoeic sport of all.
Joyce Carol Oates New York Review of Books Feb 1992 15min
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