It was Tennessee Williams who said that the only complete person was a complete idiot. Roll Away the Stone: When Journalism was the Best Job in the World is Declan Lynch’s memoir of a life in journalism. It unfolds with story upon story of the eccentric, the bewildered and the deranged who often seemed to be part of newspaper life and who have always been part of newspaper lore. Lynch is the guest on this week’s podcast. We look back at the glory of these stories but also why they were getting to a more profound truth about the challenges…

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