November 22, 2009
The Wolf in the Garden
It was dusk when I finally drove into the city of W–. A series of mishaps had dogged my journey, making me feel almost as though the Fates themselves were […]
READ MORENovember 21, 2009
A Weighty Matter
I was a chubby kid. When we lived in town, a couple of boys in my school used to stand on the sidewalk and chant a rude verse at me […]
READ MORENovember 18, 2009
Will Write For…
A violinist I know who’s part of The New Millennium Orchestra told me they’re working on a business plan these days. Up to now, if they had money they paid […]
READ MORENovember 14, 2009
Waiting for???
Earlier this year I was at a dinner for the Freedom to Read Foundation, and was privileged to be seated at the same table with a gifted Y/A writer, who […]
READ MORENovember 9, 2009
Life and Death in Shanghai
Nien Cheng died on November 2. She’s been one of my heroes, ever since my son Tim introduced me to her work some 15 years ago. Cheng spent almost seven […]
READ MORENovember 6, 2009
How Much Is Enough?
I have a friend whose husband won the Nobel Prize. We were all thrilled, but he didn’t interpret it as success: he thought he needed two before the restless face […]
READ MORENovember 4, 2009
Mad as Hell?
Or, Testosterone Fights Back. Publishers Weekly has published its list of the ten best books of 2009, and they are all by men. Some, like Richard Holmes’s Age of Wonder, […]
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