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Other than George Plimpton, John Hodgman may have been the only boy who ever grew up wanting to be George Plimpton. "Here was an extremely talented writer and public intellectual who was not averse to having fun in his life," says Hodgman. "To asthmatic children in the world, those Intellivision ads he did were a beacon. There was a tweediness out there that I could be a part...
...discovers she has no real place in this new world. In another story, "Immortality," the rise and fall of a professional Mao impersonator comes to symbolize China's astounding past century, from decaying empire to totalitarian nightmare to capitalist powerhouse. The story, which won the Paris Review's Plimpton Prize for first fiction, is narrated collectively by the citizens of the impersonator's home village, as if all of them are speaking in a single voice. The effect is as mesmerizing as an incantation, and a reminder of the constant presence of the communal in China. When Mao scoffs...
...Plimpton requested the personal reminiscences of Finch’s freshman-year roommate, Henry W. Peterson ’79, who in 1985 worked as a New York stockbroker...
Peterson told Plimpton that Finch had kept few belongings in 1975, other than the “yak fur” rug that covered his bed. It was rarely disturbed...
Regrettably, without the legendary George Plimpton to report it, the story just isn’t, and never will be, the same...