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Brice Ezell
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Finished the profile involving the MIT Fellows program in Africa. Crazy to think the United States actually once spent money trying to build up civil infrastructure in Africa, even though McPhee doesn't really interrogate any of the imperial reasons why a US-backed enterprise like the Fellows program might have existed.
— Aug 03, 2025 03:39PM
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Brice Ezell
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Read the first two profiles. The influence of McPhee on William Langewiesche, the writer who singlehandedly most reshaped my writing, is palpable. Picked this up as potential inspiration for a novel I'm working on, prompted by discovering McPhee's name in one of the many obits for Langewiesche after his recent passing.
— Jul 23, 2025 08:08AM
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Megan
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These pieces are wonderful. I don't know that I've read journalism from previous decades before, but I'm loving the first two biographies/interviews.
— Apr 03, 2020 03:33PM
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James
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Wow....this is the McPhee I'm use to. I'm in the 2nd story of 5 (not yet to the one I'm reading this book for) and it's great!
— Apr 08, 2009 08:48AM
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