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Ray Douglas Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury  (1920–2012) was the author of numerous books, including Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Dandelion Wine.

My Premature Autobiography

My Premature Autobiography

The form of things as they were, as they are, and as they will come to be

by Ray Douglas Bradbury | Saturday, August 22, 2020

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Celebrity Profiles

by Philip Lopate

Even this year’s Emmy Awards ceremony could not escape the sense of surrealism that has defined just about every aspect of our lives since March—after all, nothing says “pandemic” like award presenters in hazmat tuxedo suits. Constant as ever, though, was the ceremony’s reflection of our fascination with celebrities, a phenomenon that Philip Lopate—himself the writer of several celebrity profiles—challenged in this 2017 column.

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