George Plimpton

• Jan-1955
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"The Rabbit's Umbrella," as large and gay as a circus tent, and with a strange assortment of characters, houses a plot as full of twists and surprises as a troupe of juggling clowns. And as for the rabbit himself, the umbrella-holder, whether at the...

• Apr-1983
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What happens when a weekend athlete - of average skill at best - joins the professional golf circuit? George Plimpton, who had earlier tried out for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (in Paper Lion) and got a chance to pitch to a team...

• Apr-1983
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• May-1988
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• Dec-1989
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• Feb-1990
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Venerable at 35 and justly venerated for its unequalled mix of fiction, poetry, interview and essay, the Paris Review remains the single most important little magazine this country has produced. A glimpse through the table of contents of this new ...

• Jan-1991
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George Plimpton is best known for taking to the arenas of professional sports and surviving to write about his experience--with grace, urbanity, and considerable good humor. But such classics as Paper Lion and The Bogey Man are only the most visible ...

• Jan-1995
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This international literary quarterly celebrates its 40th anniversary with interviews on the craft of writing with America's premiere playwrights David Mamet and Wendy Wasserstein, plus an account, taken from Plimpton's Capote: An Oral Biography, of ...

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A celebration of the American tradition of literary humor investigates the future of the medium with writings by such figures as Brendan Gill, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Fran Lebowitz, Howard Stern, Jay McInerney, and Mona Simpson. Reprint....

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SHADOW BOX is one of George Plimpton's most engaging looks at professional sport through the eyes of an amateur.
Stepping into the ring against the light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, Plimpton pauses to wonder why he ever became a participat...