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In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...

On today’s Playbook Podcast: Jack and Dasha discuss the prospect (or otherwise) of a third term for Donald Trump, what he’s ...

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