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Auctions and Boxers

Stories from journalist-actor George Plimpton, writer Lewis Lapham, World Boxing Light Heavyweight Champion Jose Torres, and author-journalist Christopher Hitchens.

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May 11, 2014 • 1 min read

George Plimpton gives an auction winner a star-studded walk through legendary NYC eatery Elaine's. Rookie reporter Lewis Lapham (pictured) learns a lot about the world when he has to break some bad news to a new widow. World Boxing Light Heavyweight Champion Jose Torres defines and then conquers fear. And Christopher Hitchens is deified in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Hosted by George Dawes Green, founder of The Moth Radio.

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