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January 17, 1977

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profiles

ACCORDING TO WHERE I GO

Whitney Balliett

PROFILE of Hugh Shannon, who considers himself a "saloon" singer, although his admirers include some of the wealthiest people in the world. Writer listened…

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The Question Party (Variation on a Theme from "Godey's Lady's Book, 1850)

Donald Barthelme