
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists

Greil Marcus: "Why I Write"
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What David Marchese Learned Talking to the World’s Most Interesting People
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Barry: Right, my essay examining Orwell’s Nineteen-Eighty-Four as a thriller, which I wrote at NPR’s invitation. The blog post examined the way NPR edited the essay, and how NPR’s edits revealed that fundamentally, NPR is an establishment media player. Joe: Your editor was pissed. Barry: He was. NPR called up Random House and complained about my bl
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