Ring W. Lardner

American sports columnist and satirical short story writer

1885–1933 Political Philosophy

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About Ring W. Lardner

Ring Lardner, born Ringgold Wilmer Lardner, was an American sports columnist and short story writer. He was best known for satirical writing about sports, marriage and the theatre. Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf and F. Scott Fitzgerald admired his work, and the author John O'Hara credited him with shaping his understanding of dialogue. His chapter on sports and play appears in the 1922 collection Civilization in the United States.

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Sports and Play (from Civilization in the United States)

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Do games make us smarter? Ring W. Lardner says no. He points to the fans who think baseball is their only recreation, the champion golfer who is dull company at dinner, a...

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