Grace Paley died two days ago. She was a sweet and humane poet and short story writer, one of those individuals for whom many will admit a familiarity with the name if not a specific knowledge of the work because some high school English teacher somewhere along the line (but a fan, truly) assigned a [...]
Yesterday was Robert Hass’s birthday. When I heard it was his birthday, I remembered all the unpublished material I have from my interview with the Berkeley professor and former U.S. Poet Laureate, which I dug up today. I interviewed Hass in early May of 2005. We talked for a little more than half an hour, [...]
Wendy Wasserstein was a generous person. This I know not because I’ve seen her plays (I haven’t), not because I’ve seen her speak (I didn’t), not because I knew her (I knew her not at all). In fact, I seem to have missed every opportunity to get to know Ms. Wasserstein or her work until [...]
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