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Kurt Newman

August 22, 2017

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Jerry Lewis, 1926-2017

Editor's Note

We learned this week the sad news of Jerry Lewis’s passing.

For those interested: please read Steven Shaviro’s brilliant study of some important dimensions of Lewis’s aesthetic project. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4w1vdssyxv7b1r4/Three%20Essays%20on%20Jerry%20Lewis.epub?dl=0

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