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John Barth won the National Book Award for his novel Chimera, and is the author of Where Three Roads Meet:Novellus.

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The Judge's Jokes

Shards of memory, for better or for worse, from my father the after-banquet speaker

by John Barth | Thursday, March 01, 2007

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Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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