Archive for 2017
An interesting thought to judge your reading against
January 22, 2017
“When I* was 17, Isaac Babel’s stories opened a door in my mind, and behind that door I found a room where I wanted to spend the rest of my life.” How often can you say that about the books you read? * Paul Auster
Martin Luther King, Jr.—what would he say today?
January 15, 2017
Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” Vanity asks the question, “Is it popular?” But, conscience asks the question, “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one’s […]
How do you get ready to love Tolstoy?
January 11, 2017
“Childhood reading is magic.” “Huck and Jim on the raft. Scout in the courtroom. The images in my mind’s eye I created as a child reading those books are still inside me. I can call them up even now, as I sit using the free Wi-Fi at this coffee shop in Austin, Texas. That’s a […]
