The Writer-Diplomat Tradition - Audio Essay Edition

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English - September 27, 2020 12:59 - 11 minutes - 11 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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We launch our new "Audio Essay Edition" with Robert Fay's meditation on the writer-diplomat tradition. The list is illustrious, and includes Stendhal, Chaucer, Octavio Paz, Washington Irving and Pablo Neruda--and almost included Marcel Proust. Find out why this tradition has been overlooked and what similarities run through both crafts. You can also read the essay here: http://robertfay.com/2020/09/in-search-of-the-writer-diplomat-tradition/
Music attribution: “Sunday Smooth" by Scott Buckley, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - www.scottbuckley.com.au.