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Alex Beam

Alex Beam
Alex Beam has been a columnist for The Boston Globe since 1987. He previously served as the Moscow bureau chief for Business Week. He is the author of three works of nonfiction: American Crucifixion, Gracefully Insane, and A Great Idea at the Time; the latter two were New York Times Notable Books. Beam has also written for The Atlantic, Slate, and Forbes/FYI. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.


Was Edmund Wilson Just Jealous of Lolita?

How a Great American Literary Critic Got it Wrong About a Classic
December 6, 2016  By Alex Beam
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