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Dwyer Murphy

Dwyer Murphy
Dwyer Murphy is the author of An Honest Living (Viking Books) and Editor-in-Chief of CrimeReads.


The Last Bookbinder on the Lower East Side

An Ancient Trade, Alive on Henry Street
December 21, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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A Visit to the Shadowy World of Rare Book Theft

The Seedy Underbelly of Antiquarian Bookselling
December 1, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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The Harlem Bookstore Committed to Revolutionary Politics

Revolution Books' Mission to Build a Community of Defiance
November 30, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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In Search of the Radical Bookstores of Old San Franciso

Dwyer Murphy Follows in His Father's Footsteps
November 18, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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The New Literature of MMA

On the 21st Century Writing About a Very 21st Century Sport
November 11, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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Why You Should Hate Football (But Will Watch It Anyway)

12 Books to Explain a Nation's Obsessions
September 8, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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A Very Rare Book by One of America’s All-Time Great Athletes

Visiting Jim Thorpe's $10,000 History of the Olympics
August 5, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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A Neoliberal Trojan Horse: Dave Zirin on the Olympics

Dwyer Murphy talks Rio with the The Nation's Sports Editor
July 28, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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Writers Defeat Publishers (At Basketball)

At Wednesday Night's National Book Foundation "Other NBA" Game
June 17, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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An Endless Summer of the Best in Surf Lit

From Dark Surf Noir to the Zen of the Waves
June 15, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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The Most Important Basketball Game in the Country (on Wednesday)

Publishers and Writers Renew Their Brutal Rivalry on the Court
June 14, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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A Pilgrimage to the $7,500 Muhammad Ali Book

Dwyer Murphy Heads to Soho for a Touch of Greatness
June 13, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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Ten Writers and The Sports They Should Write About

Marlon James on Soccer, Jesmyn Ward on Football, Hanya Yanagihira on Hockey, and More...
April 27, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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10 Contemporary Baseball Books for the New Season

A Reading List for that Most Literary of Pastimes
April 6, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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