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Justin Muchnick

Justin Muchnick
Justin Muchnick is currently a PhD student at the Institute of Classical Studies, as well as the head wrestling coach at Phillips Exeter Academy—John Irving’s old team. He is at work on his first novel, which ties together the eclectic worlds of classics, archaeological history, museums, college athletics, nineteenth-century railroads, and the technical and subcultural aspects of the sport of wrestling.


What Mary Renault’s The Last of the Wine Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern

Justin Muchnick on His All-Time Favorite Novel of the Olympic Games
July 26, 2024  By Justin Muchnick
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