"Thinking about writing is not writing. Talking about writing is not writing. Research is not writing. Only writing is writing."—E.L. Doctorow And yeah, like you, sometimes I disagree. In fact, I plan on disagreeing in about an hour. 😉

Wonderful book. 👍

As always, Cinderella is way pretty than you! Enjoy, my friend.

As I kid I watched some of my friends fall to polio. My mother took me to visit a friend in an iron lung at the hospital. He was nine years old. It seems to me that American exceptionalism begins with individual exceptionalism. It can't happen to me because (insert magical thinking here)

Thanks for this. "The must be something very beautiful inside me. I am so happy." The lines of Northern Pike by James Wright. A truly gifted and rightfully celebrated poet.

Angry Candy is one of my all-time favorites, especially the intro. I spent several hours with Harlan in the 1990s. I'm still laughing.

Congratulations, Jodi! Rare, privileged company indeed!

Tom! It's wonderful to be in touch again. Thank you.

Ken! Wonderful. Thanks!