Learning to write may be a part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading. I feel sure that serious writing does come, must come, out of devotion to the thing itself, to fiction as an art. Both reading and writing are experiences–lifelong–in the course of […]
Last Saturday, my son and I made it to Claremont McKenna College’s 37th annual International Festival, where we mostly hung out at the Storytellers area. Toward the end of the festival, I noticed a nearby bookstall selling bags of books for a dollar. I just couldn’t resist. One of the many treasures I grabbed was a […]