Tag Archives: The Young Immigrunts

Shut Up: Ring Lardner Explained

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From the first time I read a Ring Lardner short story (“Haircut,” I believe, like a billion other American high schoolers), I’ve been a huge fan of his work. So much so that back in the ’70s and ’80s I … Continue reading →

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How To Get A World Series Ring

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s Boston Herald op-ed page featured a piece by Cornelius Chapman that serves as a perfect segue to post-season baseball in Boston. Sports scribe put literary hat in Ring Of all the newspaper reporters ever to tap a typewriter in Boston, only … Continue reading →

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Damon Runyon Watch: Guys and Dogs

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long admired early 20th century journalist/short story writer Damon Runyon (although not as much as contemporary journalist/short story writer Ring Lardner, whose The Young Immigrunts is quite possibly the funniest piece we’ve ever read). But back to … Continue reading →

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