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Book Review: The Venturesome Life of Gail Sheehy

By Deborah Harkins
By Deborah Harkins

Sheehy’s memoir is the tale of a tempestuous romance; a compelling look into the first stirrings of female revolt in the 1960s and ’70s; and the story of a reporter who throws herself into danger so persistently that her book is clearly the blueprint for a screenplay.

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Clay Felker: A New York Night He Would Have Loved

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
It’s a quarter to three and I can’t sleep.  Jazz notes are running through my mind and the unbelievable voice of the eternally young Judy Collins sings an acapella Amazing Grace. This wasn’t a dream. It really happened.  Last night at the New York Society for Ethical Culture,  New York celebrated the life of the amazing man from Missouri who made…
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Clay Felker’s Life – and a Special Tribute to Gail Sheehy

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
By Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen Beneath a canopy of moist trees, and just the promise of a soft rain, a very special man was laid to rest this weekend in Sag Harbor, New York. Clay Felker was a legend and was known to be an exacting task master. At Oakland cemetary, he would have loved the Navy guard, the hymns,…
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