I grew up in a house crammed with books. But I never had to read a book for academic credit, never had to write a paper about it, never had to prove I'd understood it in a seminar. I am a hopelessly clumsy discusser of books. My experience is nil.


Paris Review (Spring 1977)


I grew up in a house crammed with books. But I never had to read a book for academic credit, never had to write a paper about it, never had to prove...

I grew up in a house crammed with books. But I never had to read a book for academic credit, never had to write a paper about it, never had to prove...

I grew up in a house crammed with books. But I never had to read a book for academic credit, never had to write a paper about it, never had to prove...

I grew up in a house crammed with books. But I never had to read a book for academic credit, never had to write a paper about it, never had to prove...