Rome Was A Poem Pressed Into Service

It Is One Of The Paradoxes Of American Literature That Our Writers Are Forever Looking Back With Love And Nostalgia At Lives They Couldn't Wait To Leave.

For Years They Have Been Using The Role Of 'sex Object' As A Cover While They Spied Out The Land.

Aphorisms Are Bad For Novels. They Stick In The Reader's Teeth.

A Book Is Meant Not Only To Be Read, But To Haunt You, To Importune You Like A Lover Or A Parent, To Be In Your Teeth Like A Piece Of Gristle.

The More I Like A Book, The More Slowly I Read. This Spontaneous Talking Back To A Book Is One Of The Things That Makes Reading So Valuable.