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Born March 24, 1906 • New York City • New York
Died December 19, 1982 (aged 76) • New York City • New York
Founder “Politics”
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Stanley Crouch
American journalist and critic
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Renata Adler
American author and critic
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid
Caribbean American author
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
McPhee, John
John McPhee
American journalist
Janet Flanner
Janet Flanner
American writer
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Marya Mannes
American author and critic
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Roger Angell
American author and editor
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E.B. White
American writer
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Harold Brodkey
American author
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Winthrop Sargeant
American music critic
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Professional wit Fran Lebowitz, 2016
Fran Lebowitz
American writer and cultural critic
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
American author
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
American author
David Remnick
David Remnick
American journalist
Edmund Wilson
Edmund Wilson
American critic
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
David Mamet wearing glasses and a gray jacket over a black shirt, shown from the shoulders up with a neutral expression.
David Mamet
American author

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