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Ann Jefferson

Ann Jefferson ’s biography of French writer Nathalie Sarraute will be published next spring.

A Biographer Looks Back

A Biographer Looks Back

A noted practitioner reveals her tricks of the trade

by Ann Jefferson | Monday, December 02, 2019

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

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Plunging to Earth

by Robert Zaretsky

Still dreaming up ways to safely enjoy this year’s summer vacation? “Safe” may be a relative term here—but if you’re feeling brave, you could take up skydiving, as Robert Zaretsky once did. “As I fell,” he wrote in our Summer 2011 issue, “I blurted out—like so many others have, I later learned—‘Mommy!’”

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