Jonno Rattman

Mullen provided the correct answer: “Seven of clubs.” As the judge declared him the winner, Mullen lingered in his mental palace. It was his college rec center, back at Johns Hopkins. He closed his eyes and took a second look at the image that had brought him to victory: the Notorious B.I.G., sitting on a television, holding the skull of his worst enemy."– Ian Frisch
“Lessons From America’s First Memory World Champion” (2016)
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The New Yorker
Text by Ian Frisch
May 18, 2016