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Charles Arrowsmith

Charles Arrowsmith is the online editor at House of SpeakEasy, where he writes about literature, history, politics, and film. He wrote subtitles for live TV programs for some years in London before moving to New York, where he currently lives.


George Washington: ‘Citizens By Birth Or Choice’ Will Make America Great

Historian John Avlon on the First President's Farewell Address
February 6, 2017  By Charles Arrowsmith
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Phil Klay on the Citizen-Veteran Gap, and Modes of Storytelling

"I wanted to be able to approach the subject from many different angles"
October 28, 2016  By Charles Arrowsmith
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One of the Greatest English Prose Writers of All Time?

Ruth Scurr's Unconventional Biography Reveals the Genius of John Aubrey
September 14, 2016  By Charles Arrowsmith
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On the Road with Geoff Dyer

Charles Arrowsmith Profiles The World's Least Effusive Travel Writer
June 6, 2016  By Charles Arrowsmith
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Jon Ronson: In Search of the Genuinely New

Charles Arrowsmith on the author of So You've Been Publicly Shamed
April 14, 2016  By Charles Arrowsmith
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The Defiant Magic of Molly Crabapple

Charles Arrowsmith on the artist, activist, and author of Drawing Blood
March 3, 2016  By Charles Arrowsmith
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Is Canadian Fabulism a Hot New Genre?

In Conversation with Heather O'Neill on the Eve of the Giller Prize
November 9, 2015  By Charles Arrowsmith
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Growing Up Carlin

On Having a Legendary Comedian for a Dad
September 15, 2015  By Charles Arrowsmith
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Irvine Welsh Comes to America

The Genius Behind 'Trainspotting' on 'Hebdo,' 'Porno,' and Not Reading Reviews
June 10, 2015  By Charles Arrowsmith
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