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Richard Coniff, a Guggenheim Fellow and winner of the National Magazine Award, writes for Smithsonian and National Geographic and is a frequent commentator on NPR's All Things Considered and a guest columnist for the New York Times. His books include The Natural History of the Rich, Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time, and The Species Seekers. He lives in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

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Personal Heroes: Inky Clark

Having written lately about Yale’s prominent role in eugenics, I’d like to make a paradoxical-seeming statement of gratitude to a character who was, at least superficially, built on the eugenicist’s model of the ideal man.

Russell Inslee “Inky” Clark Jr. is one of my personal heroes. He was a graduate of the Yale Class of 1957 and a member of Skull and Bones, the secret society known for its plu...

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Books by Richard Conniff

Average rating: 3.68 · 341 ratings · 83 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time: My Life Doing Dumb Stuff with Animals 3.52 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide 3.70 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Spineless Wonders: Strange Tales from the Invertebrate World 3.71 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Every Creeping Thing: True Tales of Faintly Repulsive Wildlife 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Ape in the Corner Office: How to Make Friends, Win Fights and Work Smarter by Understanding Human Nature 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Rats!: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Spineless Wonders: The Joys Of Formication 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Ape in the Corner Office: Understanding the Office Beast in All of Us by Richard Conniff, Rick Adamson (Reading) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Irish Walls 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating: