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On the Lost “Lenny Bruce of Athens”
Mark Haskell Smith: In Defense of the Ancient Comedian Who Went After Aristotle
By
Mark Haskell Smith
| August 18, 2021
One Decade, Two Writers, Many Actors, and Finally My Book Became a Movie
Mark Haskell Smith on Adapting His Book
Salty
for the Big Screen
By
Mark Haskell Smith
| September 7, 2017
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David Ulin and Mark Haskell Smith End Up at the Tar Pits, Again
By
Mark Haskell Smith
| October 2, 2015
Ping-Pong As Metaphor
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By
Mark Haskell Smith
| June 2, 2015
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