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Pete Hamill on A. J. Liebling: The Sweet Science and Other Writings
The late journalist and quintessential New Yorker edited two collections of Liebling’s work for LOA. In this 2009 interview, he pays tribute to his forebear.

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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song LOA N°333
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