George Plimpton

Barney Rosset, Richard Seaver, and William Burroughs in Midcentury Paris

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Henry Miller, Peter Orlovsky, James Baldwin, Harold Norse, Woody Allen, William Burroughs, Irwin Shaw, Jean Genet, Bill Morgan. Brion Gysin, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Jeannette Seaver, Peter Stone, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Gertrude Stein, Richard Seaver, George Plimpton, D.H. Lawrence, Barney Rosset, Books News
Regina Weinreich

Barney Rosset died last week at age 89, and for those who valued his contribution to upholding First Amendment rights in this country, his championing the works of artists, the event truly marks the end of an era.

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Writers on Fighters

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A.J. Liebling, Budd Schulberg, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, George Kimball, Pete Dexter, George Foreman, Pete Hamill, Gay Talese, W.C. Heinz, Jimmy Cannon, George Plimpton, John Schulian, Books News
Jan Herman

At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing, a new anthology from The Library of America, reads like an elegy for the fight game.

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Elaine Kaufman Remembered

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marisa Berenson, Elaine Kaufman, Robert Altman, Lily Tomlin, Kurt Vonnegut, George Plimpton, Elaine's, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Back in the day when writers were king, Elaine's was the place for book parties. That's how I first came there, to celebrate new publications by George Plimpton, Kurt Vonnegut.

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NYC Burrito Challenge III: Dos Toros Taquería

Simon Maxwell Apter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Restaurants, Mexican Food, NYC Restaurants, Burritos, Mexico, Food, New York Times, Dos Toros Taqueria, Restaurant Reviews, George Plimpton, New York City, Food News
Simon Maxwell Apter

At Dos Toros, the guacamole is outstanding. It's so good in fact, that with its 92-cent price point, eating it feels like robbing a bank and then escaping scot-free on a school bus.

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Just Like a Woman: My 12 Downs at Quarterback (VIDEO)

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iwfl, Indepdent Women's Football League, Wisconsin Warriors, Chicago Sports, Chicago Force, John Konecki, Samantha Grisafe, Women's Tackle Football, Sports, Paper Lion, George Plimpton, ESPN the Magazine, Video, Chicago News
David Murray

Many hours of practices, film sessions and coaching were about to culminate in 12 plays at quarterback before my friends, my family, and perhaps most important by now, my coach and the 50 women I was calling "teammates."

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Paper Lioness: A Report From the Line of Scrimmage

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dallas Diamonds, Mary Valene, Jennifer Benson, Indepdent Women's Football League, Chicago Sports, Chicago Force, Albionia Zhubi, Tricia Charboneau, John Konecki, Samantha Grisafe, Bruce Bever, Janeece Jackson, Women's Tackle Football, Paper Lion, George Plimpton, Linda Bache, Iwfl, Sports, Chicago News
David Murray

I've never felt so sheepish in my life. In my notes from my initial tryout with the Chicago Force women's tackle football team, it says in all caps: "WHAT AM I DOING????"

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