When I was little, I used to sit in the closet of my father’s office surrounded by books. I would open them and look through the pages wishing I could read. By the time I learned, I spent the rest of my life catching up, reading as many books as I could. I am a […]
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My town, Maitland, is small. So is Maitland Public Library. But it’s our library and it’s a treasure, a beating heart of the community from the get-go. It occurs to me that a ridiculously high number of my most satisfying experiences as a writer have taken place within its venerable walls, and within those of
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As we celebrate another holiday season, gift-giving tops our to-do lists. As writers—and this may be preaching to the choir—we have a perspective on that both personal and universal. Most of us have books on our wish lists. We want books, and constant reading anchors our growth as writers. But asking for books also helps
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In a public high school in the Midwest, mid-1970s: Something I had said, done, written, or scored on an aptitude test got me slotted into advanced-placement English class. I don’t recall having any say in the assignment. Regardless, it wasn’t working; for me. Henry James? Steinbeck, Faulkner, the Brontë sisters, Fitzgerald? I didn’t get them. I
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