“Unveiling Secrets: What Columbus Never Knew About His Journey”
“Yeah, I think I will. To show my appreciation and say his writing has never been better. What talent.”
Dad writes letters to people whose creativity leaves him incredulous. And they write back to him. He’s maintained a friendly correspondence with the New Yorker writer Brendan Gill, and Harold Nicholas of the tap-dancing Nicholas Brothers. Even Seymour Masin, the beloved athlete from Newark and unwitting protagonist of Roth’s American Pastoral, wrote back to my dad, and they ended up meeting for lunch.
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