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The Forgotten Genius of Ring LardnerOver at the Daily Beast, Allen Barra weighs in on the forgotten genius of Ring Lardner:...

Tyrus: The Greatest Of 'Em AllOriginally published in the June 1915 issue of American Magazine and anthologized in the Library of America's new collection of Ring Lardner's stories. Reprinted here with permission....

The Sportswriter Who Wrote American Better Than Anyone AnywheresBelow is John Lardner's introduction to a 1959 edition of Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al, a fictional series of letters from professional ballplayer Jack Keefe to his friend Al. Those stories are included in the Library of America's new collection. (There was also a comic strip based on the same char...

Ring Lardner: An American Original

This week gives Ring Lardner who is being honored with a volume by the Library of America (edited by Ian Frazier). We'll run one of his stories from the collection tomorrow, and later today we've got a treat from his eldest son, John. Meanwhile, check out three of his most famous stories at the LOA'...