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Writers Defeat Publishers (At Basketball)
At Wednesday Night's National Book Foundation "Other NBA" Game
By
Dwyer Murphy
| June 17, 2016
An Endless Summer of the Best in Surf Lit
From Dark Surf Noir to the Zen of the Waves
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Dwyer Murphy
| June 15, 2016
The Most Important Basketball Game in the Country (on Wednesday)
Publishers and Writers Renew Their Brutal Rivalry on the Court
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Dwyer Murphy
| June 14, 2016
A Pilgrimage to the $7,500 Muhammad Ali Book
Dwyer Murphy Heads to Soho for a Touch of Greatness
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Dwyer Murphy
| June 13, 2016
Ten Writers and The Sports They Should Write About
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Dwyer Murphy
| April 27, 2016
10 Contemporary Baseball Books for the New Season
A Reading List for that Most Literary of Pastimes
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Dwyer Murphy
| April 6, 2016
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Nika Grace on finding remains in deserts and writing a serial killer novel
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Nika Grace
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Alysandra Dutton on Writing Historical Noir and Investigating Ancient Roman Crimes
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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"A vivid, sometimes grisly, sometimes enraging portrait of 19th-century British society ... Probing and excellent."