“Unveiling Secrets: What Columbus Never Knew About His Journey”
He laughed. “New York is where you belong — hanging with other writers, seeing plays, catching bands.”
“Yeah. But New Jersey isn’t so bad. It’s all Philip Roth seems to write about.”
“Well, Newark had a lot to offer everyone. Branch Brook Park, movie theaters, hot dogs at Louis and Ting-A-Ling. I went to the public library so often, I ended up working there. Not much work, plenty of time to read. It was my best job ever.”
It was a relief to see him pulling himself out of the wreckage of American Pastoral. “Are you going to write him a letter?” I asked.
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