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Edmund Wilson , who died in 1972, was a longtime book critic and essayist for the magazine.

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24 picks · 1934–1969

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III-THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
a reporter at large · April 5, 1969

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Prof. Yigael Yadin knew for 7 years of the existence of a certain scroll in the possession of the Syrian …

II-THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS: 1969
a reporter at large · March 29, 1969

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Writer says that the ordinary, non-scholarly Jew knows that the Torah, the Prophets & the Writings, the 3 …

I-THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS: 1969
a reporter at large · March 22, 1969

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Dead Sea Scrolls, which supplements the writer's 1955 article. An insistence on postdating the scrolls, in defiance of the …

ON THE EVE
a reporter at large · August 19, 1967

Visit to Jordan and Israel for the purpose of finding out the latest news of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Mr. Wilson stayed at the American School of Oriental …

A PRELUDE LANDSCAPES, CHARACTERS, AND CONVERSATIONS FROM THE EARLIER YEARS OF MY LIFE
profiles · May 6, 1967

PROFILE of Edmund Wilson, now 72, in the form of autobiographical reminiscences. He began keeping a journal in 1914. The first part deals predominantly …

A PRELUDE LANDSCAPES, CHARACTERS, AND CONVERSATIONS FROM THE EARLIER YEARS OF MY LIFE
profiles · April 29, 1967

PROFILE of Edmund Wilson, now 72, in the form of autobiographical reminiscences. He began keeping a journal in 1914. The first part deals predominantly …

O Canada
a reporter at large · November 21, 1964

AN AMERICAN'S NOTES ON CANADIAN CULTURE 2nd part of REPORTER AT LARGE about Canadian culture deals with French Canada & devotes several chapters to …

O CANADA
a reporter at large · November 14, 1964

AN AMERICAN'S NOTES ON CANADIAN CULTURE A REPORTER AT LARGE about Canadian culture, its history as presented by Francis Parkman, the American Mason …

APOLOGIES TO THE IROQUOIS
a reporter at large · October 31, 1959

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Seneca Republic a member of the League of the Iroquois Six Nations, tells about the relations with the neighboring whites. …

APOLOGIES TO THE IROQUOIS
a reporter at large · October 17, 1959

REPORTER AT LARGE about Indians in N. Y. State; their grievances; political, & nationalist movements, & the revival of Indian religion. At the end of the …

The Scrolls from the Dead Sea
a reporter at large · May 14, 1955

Edmund Wilson on the discovery and sale of a priceless religious artifact.

Eretz Yisrael.
a reporter at large · December 4, 1954

REPORTER AT LARGE about visit to Israel in late March & early April and random observations on many things. Writer attended a Samaritan Passover …

SANTAYANA AT THE CONVENT OF THE BLUE NUNS
a reporter at large · April 6, 1946

REPORTER AT LARGE about visiting George Santayana at the Hospital and Convent of the Blue Nuns, in Rome, where Santyana has been living for the past two …

GREEK DIARY: VIEWS OF BULLHEADED CRETE
a reporter at large · November 17, 1945

REPORTER AT LARGE about Crete & a visit to the runis of the palace of Minos at Knossos. The Minoan civilication has come and gone without leaving the key …

GREEK DIARY: COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS AND ROYALISTS
a reporter at large · October 20, 1945

REPORTER AT LARGE from Greece. Conversation with two Greek professors who have become political figures: George Georg alas, & Alexander Svolos. Georgalas, …

Why Do People Read Detective Stories?
books · October 14, 1944
Katherine Anne Porter
books · September 30, 1944

Edmund Wilson’s 1944 review.

Profiles (The Omelet of A. Macleish)
profiles · January 14, 1939

Satire on Archibald Macleish's "Land of the Free."

Left Bank-II
a reporter at large · September 4, 1937

Reporter at Large about historical spots along the Hudson River, Tappan, where Major Andre spent his last three days on earth, Piermont Village, Minehole, …

Left Bank--I
a reporter at large · August 28, 1937

Reporter at Large about historical spots along the Hudson River, Tappan, where Major Andre spent his last three days on earth, Piermont Village, Minehole, …

SCARLET FEVER IN ODESSA
a reporter at large · April 11, 1936

Reporter at large about having spent six weeks in a contagious hospital in Odessa. Description of the hospital, the staff, care, etc.

London to Leningrad.
a reporter at large · April 4, 1936

Reporter at Large. An American coming to Russia from England discovers that in certain fundamental respects he has more in common with the Russians than …

The Putnam Division
a reporter at large · May 11, 1935

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Putnam Division. History of the railroad. Built in 1871, it was to run over pretty much its present route: From High Bridge to …

"Reporter at Large." "Saving the Better Classes and Their Butlers."
a reporter at large · March 31, 1934

Tells about a meeting of the First Century Christian Fellowship, otherwise known as the Oxford Group, the movement led by Frank Buchnan, and formerly …

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