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Mark Edmundson's new memoir about his days playing high school football, "Why Football Matters: My...
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Born in 1929, Jules Feiffer got his start at 16 as assistant to the illustrious...
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When Chicago police rolled up last summer on a Woodlawn block in response to complaints...
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