Tag: meaningful
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June 12, 2018
I recently did several book signings in New York. On at least four different occasions, someone uttered a variation on these astonishing words to me: We read these stories together; you are a part of our family. Each time, I was so taken aback that I didn’t manage to respond in a meaningful way. Here…
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August 31, 2017
MEANINGFUL NECESSARY FOR EVERYONE Those are the words that the cartoonist Roz Chast put at the top of the poster she designed for this year’s National Book Festival. I’m packing my bags and heading to Washington, D.C. because this gathering of writers and readers is more meaningful and necessary than ever. And it is for…