What’s the connection between weightlifting, wrestling, and the Western literary canon? Say what you like about X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, but you meet a lot of fascinating people there. That’s how my paths crossed with Joshua D. Phillips, a wrestling coach and college professor who posts about Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Dant…
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