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Howard K. Smith, who fled Nazi Germany on the last train from Berlin before Hitler declared war on the United States in 1941; James Cameron, whose iconic 1946 report from the Bikini atom tests was perhaps the most literary and philosophical article ever published in a newspaper.
Robert Fisk • The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
On Writing
Philip Soriano • 9 cards
transgression
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
“Being a celebrity can cause an accidental cheapening of the things one holds dear,” Steve Martin once wrote in The New York Times. “A slip of the tongue in an interview and it’s easy for me to feel I’ve sold out some private part of my life in exchange for publicity.”
Terry Gross • All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists
Luisa and I are leaving for California; the Broccolis have kindly loaned us their house in Beverley Hills, Hollywood, where I have been asked to present the Oscar for ‘Best Actor’. Without wishing to sound too partisan, I hope I hand it to my mate, Michael Caine, who is nominated for his performance in Sleuth.
Sir Roger Moore KBE • The 007 Diaries: Filming Live and Let Die
AND NOW...An Oral History of "Late Night with David Letterman," 1982-1993 (Kindle Single)
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