[Article] Ifs, ands, butts. The literary sensibility at ringside Adjust Share By Arthur Krystal, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century A.J. (Abbott Joseph) Liebling Bernard Shaw Boxing in literature Elliott J. Gorn George Plimpton Joyce Carol Oates Norman Mailer More from Arthur Krystal What Is Literature? In defense of the canon The Worst of Times Revisiting the Great Depression The long goodbye Notes on a never-ending decade Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > June 1987 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close