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James Romm | The New York Review of Books
James Romm edits the Ancient Lives series from Yale University Press. His book Since You’re Mortal...: Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays will be published...
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https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/12/19/the-continent-puzzle/
The Continent Puzzle | James Romm | The New York Review of Books
To the Editors: I write to correct a small factual point in Verlyn Klinkenborg’s generally admirable review of two books about the ocean . In a footnote
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https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/04/09/the-marbles-and-the-muses-frieze-frame-elgin/
The Marbles & the Muses | James Romm | The New York Review of Books
Apr 8, 2026 - A.E. Stallings’s reflections on the Elgin Marbles illustrate how beautiful objects have the power to inspire both the noblest effusions and the pettiest...
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