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Ed Simon
Ed Simon is the associate editor of the Marginalia Review of Books, a channel of The Los Angeles Review of Books. He hold a PhD in English from Lehigh University, and is a frequent contributor at several different sites.
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9 Murderous Tyrants Who Were Also Failed Writers (and One OK Poet)

A Syllabus of Authoritarians Who Thought They Might Be Artists
June 21, 2017  By Ed Simon
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11 Legendary Literary Hoaxes

From Fake Irish Poets to the Genius of JT Leroy
October 19, 2016  By Ed Simon
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10 Classics of Campaign Literature

American Politics Has Always Been a Contact Sport
July 18, 2016  By Ed Simon
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Beyond Shakespeare: A Reading List

Plenty to Read in One of the Greatest Literary Moments in History
April 25, 2016  By Ed Simon
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What Was Shakespeare’s Central Philosophy?

Life, like theater, is fundamentally a fiction
April 25, 2016  By Ed Simon
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