Category Archives: Books

Buying Books

Posted on June 22, 2011 by fast eddie

It is so much easier to buy books than to read them. I have already resigned myself to the reality that I’ve bought more books than I can possibly ever read (see Turning Fifty Redux). But I can’t stop buying them. I … Continue reading →

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Posted on June 14, 2011 by fast eddie

I’m headed to Yankee Stadium, one of my favorite places. For the next three days, I will be eating hot dogs and watching the New York Yankees play the defending American League champion Texas Rangers, hoping to see Yankee captain … Continue reading →

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Growing Up and Growing Old Through Literature

Posted on May 9, 2011 by fast eddie

Almost forty years ago,  Comparative Literature Professor Arnold Weinstein and his young family were resident faculty living in my freshman dorm at Brown University bearing witness to one of my life’s first great transitions. The summer after graduation, my roommate and … Continue reading →

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