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Andrew Szanton

George Pake and the Innovative Research Center Xerox PARC

I rarely write about corporate history or computer technology but I’m intrigued by the collision between stodgy companies and free-spirited…

23h ago

George Pake and the Innovative Research Center Xerox PARC

23h ago

Joan Crawford: Behind the Mask of Fame

JOAN CRAWFORD, the actress born Lucille Leseur in San Antonio in 1906, and raised mostly in Oklahoma and Kansas City, was a Hollywood star…

Mar 13

Mar 13

Connie Francis: The Singer Who Asked “Who’s Sorry Now?”

CONNIE FRANCIS was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1937 as Concetta Franconero, and was once the top female vocalist in the United States…

Mar 4

Mar 4

Tito Francona: A Baseball Lifer

Spring Training has begun and my thoughts turn to baseball. Here is my profile of Terry “TITO” FRANCONA, the former Boston Red Sox manager.

Feb 27

Feb 27

Emily Dickinson: Tell All the Truth. But Tell It Slant.

EMILY DICKINSON, the poet, was born in 1830, and lived almost all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was well-educated for a woman of…

Feb 24

Feb 24

When Oriana Fallaci Met Henry Kissinger

My account of the collision between the leftist journalist Oriana Fallaci and foreign policy heavyweight Henry Kissinger:

Feb 13

Feb 13

Did Henry Wirz Die for a Lack of Celebrity?

I am still struck by the squeamishness with which the U.S. Justice Department dealt with the January 6th insurrection nurtured and urged on…

Feb 10

Feb 10

Katharine Hepburn and the Making of “The African Queen”

KATHARINE HEPBURN, the actress, was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1907 and raised there. She starred in films like “Bringing Up Baby”…

Feb 6

Katharine Hepburn and the Making of “The African Queen”

Feb 6

Peter Schjeldahl, Art Critic Whose Taste was Limber

PETER SCHJELDAHL was born in Fargo , North Dakota in 1942, and raised largely in Northfield, Minnesota. He went to Carleton College for a…

Jan 29

Jan 29

Alice Waters and the Making of Chez Panisse

ALICE WATERS, born in Chatham, New Jersey in 1944, rejected a conventional life of high school, sorority and early marriage — opened a…

Jan 22

Jan 22

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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