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Posts published by “Zack Anderson”

The Gift of Muir Woods

The White HouseWashington, DCJanuary 22, 1908 My dear Mr. Kent: I have just received from Secretary Garfield your very generous letter enclosing the gift of Redwood Canyon to the national government to be kept as…

The Death of Benny Paret

Paret was a Cuban, a proud club fighter who had become welterweight champion because of his unusual ability to take a punch. His style of fighting was to take three punches to the head in…

James Joyce: “Contrition”

A holy saint was once vouchsafed a vision of hell. It seemed to him that he stood in the midst of a great hall, dark and silent save for the ticking of a great clock. The…

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