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Richard Lingeman

Senior Editor

Richard Lingeman is a senior editor of The Nation. His books include Small Town America: A Narrative Hisory, 1620-Present; Don't You Know There's a War On? The American Home Front, 1941-1945; An American Journey: Theodore Dreiser (a two-volume biography, now available in one abridged paperback edition from John Wiley & Sons); Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Main Street (Random House) and, most recently, Double Lives: American Writers’ Friendships (Random House).

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  • Sorel's People

    May 26, 2006

    In Literary Lives, caricaturist Edward Sorel tells all and then some about giants like Yeats, Proust, Hellman and Jung within the humble frame of a comic strip.

  • The Gospel of Scooter

    May 2, 2006

    A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.

  • The Gospel of Scooter

    April 11, 2006

    A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.

  • He's Got a Little List

    February 23, 2006 Subscribe

    The Nation is pleased that so many of its contributors are included on a right-wing list of the most dangerous academics in America.

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RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 9/1/08
This week: How the democrats can best pursue a true progressive economic platform and a fair and just immigration policy? The Nation's Bob Moser, John Nichols and Roberto Lovato debate on these two critical issues. (13mb mp3)

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