Revisiting James Agee: Discovering the Original ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men’
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The discovery of the unpublished Fortune article that turned into Let Us Now Praise Famous Men helps us see the vivid power of this strange classic.
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If, like me, you were at some point in your life addicted to the work of James Agee, then your pulse must have raced a little when you heard the news recently that the original version of Let
