I pride myself on my ability to change, to adapt, and to admit when I'm wrong. Though I am not changing the star rating (the book still bored me to tears) I will fully admit that I somehow missed who the titular little friend actually was. I'm not covering up my mistake by editing the review. I a...
As tempting as it is I don't believe that reading a book changes a life. I do believe that great books lead to an accumulation of small alterations which further develops a, thinking-self. This is a self, in Svenn Birketts article in a past issue of the American Scholar, that exists parallel but ...
SAID KITSEY one Friday afternoon shortly before Christmas, plucking up one of my mother’s emerald earrings and holding it to the light. We’d had a long lunch at Fred’s after having spent all morning going around Tiffany’s looking at silver and china patterns. “They’re beautiful! It’s just…” her f...