My Life with Tolstoy
Like the acting of Christopher Walken or the movies of Eric Rohmer, Tolstoy’s magnum opus is a magnet for foolish opinions
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Looking for Jean Rhys
An unresolved fascination with the author of Wide Sargasso Sea leads to the remote island of Dominica, and, alas, to oneself
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The Angel of Now
A meditation on the nature of time and a visit from an owl
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How a son learned to live with the death of his father
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Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Little Guys
A father ponders the moral architecture of children on a trip to Sherwood Forest
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String Theory
As a classical violinist I have learned,
over many years, that great music performances are
more than a matter of physics and technique.
God in a Pickup Truck
A squall struck us broadside, and I bit back a cry of fright as we near fish-tailed over an embankment. Dad kept going
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Killing Dinner
Adventures of a reluctant huntress
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The Book of Bob
It’s been said my grandfather helped build modern-day Korea. He left a subtler kind of legacy for me
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Reader Rage
Driven to madness by the newspaper routine
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