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Salon's charges of CIA ties to the Paris Review? Read skeptically
In 1953, three American writers living in Paris — George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen, and Howard L. Humes — founded a literary magazine, the Paris Review. Matthiessen, who won the 2008 National Book Award for fiction, has admitted that he worked for the from Los Angeles Times Read more »
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Exclusive: The Paris Review, the Cold War and the CIA
In 1958, the Paris Review’s George Plimpton wrote his Paris editor with a grand proposal. The Russian author Boris Pasternak had just been awarded the Nobel Prize. But under pressure from the Soviets — humiliated that “Dr. Zhivago” had to be smuggled out from Salon Read more »
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Three Mile Harbor Fireworks Party At The Dukes' Place Revived
A party at the Duke home during the Grucci fireworks show over Three Mile Harbor will make a comeback this summer, invoking, for some, days when the event raised money for the Boys Harbor camp and when George Plimpton narrated the spectacle in the sky. T from 27east.com Read more »
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Weekend Recommender: May 17-20
The Paris Review Interview Series: James Fenton Thursday, May 16, 7 PM The Paris Review revives original editor and founder George Plimpton's practice of interviewing writers in front of a live audience this Thursday at The New York Public Library. Poetr from Gotham Magazine Read more »
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NONFICTION: "Drop Dead Healthy," by A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs has built a career out of exploring life in a Plimptonian manner. Unlike George Plimpton, though, who positioned himself as a fish out of water in "Paper Lion" and "Out of My League," Jacobs prefers to become one with the water, immersing him from Minneapolis Star Tribune Read more »
