In 431BC, at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, the Corinthians were in a predicament.
Bryn Mawr College Russian scholar José Vergara tried to read James Joyce’s tour de force Ulysses in high school and gave up.
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In any setting, and there were many during 50 years of book-length journalism, Tracy Kidder illuminated the human condition with deft phrases and elegant details. At a nursing home near where he lived ...
Tracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died. He was 80. His son, Nat ...
Tracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died. He was 80. Kidder's longtime ...