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My old man
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2023 Dad died of lung cancer in October of 1981. I wasn’t there, unfortunately, because I was finishing up my afternoon shift as a business section
My falling out with fall
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 20, 2023 I have a problem with autumn. And that’s too bad because for many people, it’s the nicest time of year: beautiful days, crisp nights, lovely
Toots and the Brummie
Note: The travel part of this story is true. I’m not so sure about the Brummie’s tale. In the spring of 1968, a junior year abroad university student in London,
52 books
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 6, 2023 A few weeks ago my 14-year-old grandson, Ben, started Lane Tech in Chicago. It’s one of the best public high schools in the nation. We’re
Summertime, and the weather is easy
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 10, 2023 Is it immodest, unbecoming and possibly imprudent to brag about this summer’s local weather? Probably, but…. While the rest of the world bakes, floods and/or
AI rewrote my novel – and it was awful!
Evanston RoundTable, July 26, 2023 The humor magazine National Lampoon published a cover story in 1971 headlined “Pornography: Threat or Menace?” Today they may want to rephrase it: “AI: Havoc
Ava at the bat
Evanston RoundTable, July 6, 2023 Somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout, But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck out. Ava Bellis struck out
Anniversary
Evanston RoundTable, June 21, 2023 Last week we celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the day we met. We did it the way we always do, by reenacting the moment. It
Leading NU scholar on great Russian literature
Evanston RoundTable, June 7, 2023 Gary Saul Morson’s latest book examines life’s great questions as explored in the classic Russian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, in novels and