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John McIntyre

John McIntyre is the editor of Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps.

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Dawn of a Literary Friendship

In 1969 the writer Robert Phelps first wrote to the novelist James Salter. Here are the letters that forged a bond of two decades.

by John McIntyre | Sunday, March 01, 2009
Dirty Books

Dirty Books

A publisher’s lifelong battle against censorship

by John McIntyre | Thursday, March 01, 2012

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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