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Andrew Szanton

Theodore Roosevelt and an Abduction in Tangier

JON PERDICARIS was at ease in his enormous villa outside Tangier, Morocco, on the evening of May 18, 1904. He and his wife Ellen, an…

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Marie, Who Told a Story of Rape the Cops Didn’t Want to Hear

MARIE was an 18-year-old in Lynnwood, Washington with a so-so relationship with her foster mother, Peggy. Marie had a rough start in life…

6 min readApr 25, 2024

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Two Guys Named Cliff and Cal

The recently concluded NCAA basketball tournament got me thinking about the months in my life around the 1986 tournament, and I wrote this…

11 min readApr 16, 2024

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Ardeshir Zahedi: He Seemed the Perfect Diplomat

In these days when the U.S.-Iran relationship is pretty awful, I think of ARDESHIR ZAHEDI, the gifted Iranian ambassador to the United…

7 min readApr 10, 2024

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Deborah Tannen: Explaining Why Talk So Often Fails

DEBORAH TANNEN, the sociolinguist, university professor and author, was born in Brooklyn in 1945 and raised there. She’s written 26 books…

6 min readApr 6, 2024

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John McEnroe: Tempestuous Tennis Prodigy

JOHN McENROE was born in 1959, and raised in Douglaston, Queens. He won 77 singles titles in his career, won 78 doubles titles, won the…

10 min readMar 27, 2024

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The Making of Barbra Streisand

BARBRA STREISAND has been an actress and producer, and one of the greatest singers in U.S. history. Streisand is the only musical artist…

6 min readMar 21, 2024

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Gerry Spence: The Country-Smart Wyoming Lawyer

GERRY SPENCE, the lawyer, was born in Laramie, Wyoming in 1929 and has lived in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for most of his adult life, near…

9 min readMar 9, 2024

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Toni Morrison: How She Made Her Magic

TONI MORRISON is a fascinating writer and I’ve already posted a tolerable profile of her life: her mother Ramah, her father George, Toni’s…

6 min readFeb 29, 2024

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Ed Koch: “How’m I Doin’?”

EDWARD KOCH, New York’s 105th mayor, was its most ostentatiously provincial. To him, New York State was the greatest of the 50 states, New…

9 min readFeb 23, 2024

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Ed Koch: “How’m I Doin’?”

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Andrew Szanton

Andrew Szanton

Andrew Szanton is a memoir collaborator based in Newton, MA. If you or someone you know wants to tell a life story, contact him at aszanton@rcn.com.

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