I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
sniff. The cartoon at the end did me in...
ReplyDeleteWow. Funny how precious these little scraps of our lives can become when we have gone.
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