Allen Barra writes about sports for The Wall Street Journal and The Village Voice. He also writes about books for Salon.com, Bookforum, and The Washington Post. His latest book is Yogi Berra, Eternal Yankee.
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Diving Into The Pacific
As HBO's miniseries The Pacific winds down, Allen Barra finds much to admire in it.... MORE
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The Funniest Irish Novel
James Joyce might have written the greatest Irish novel, but J. P.... MORE
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Why Clint Eastwood Is Ridiculously Overrated
After re-watching all 35 Eastwood movies in a new DVD set, Allen Barra marvels at their mundane... MORE
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Baseball's Greatest Player?
A new biography of baseball legend Willie Mays makes a convincing case that he was one of the... MORE
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Still Cool Camus
On the 50th anniversary of his death, Camus is the most widely read of all the postwar French... MORE
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Capitalism's Wicked Witch
Ayn Rand is having another moment, and critic Allen Barra thinks we should once and for all... MORE
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The Prince of Gibberish
Allen Barra forced his way through Finnegan’s Wake and inched through St.... MORE
