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Autobiography
"I am 77 years old. I am retired. I have a great deal less energy than I used to have."
If History is His Story
"If History is HIS story, then Memoirs is ME, MOI, with the emphasis on ME."
Memoir Fragments 7-8-06
"When you write your memoirs, you write what you remember, but as the years go by, I feel I am remembering less and less."
#19 It's All of a Piece
"As I put together 'my story' it occurred to me that it is like the resumes we prepared when looking for a job..."
#39 Poetry
"This may be a bit premature, but I am writing this as the introduction to the section of my memoirs containing the scores of poems I have written over the years. "
A Letter to the Editor
"Getting a Letter to the Editor printed in the NY Times is a minor miracle."
Looking for Answers
"I have been looking for answers my entire life."
Looking for Answers
Alternate version of "Looking for Answers" (2009)
Writers I Know and Have Known
"Having just written about myself as a writer, (ha-ha) I started thinking about real writers."
My Life as a Writer
"As I write these pieces, surveying my life, it occurred to me to look back on my life as a writer. "