I don't go out very much. I have two teenage daughters and I tend to want to be where they are -- even if where they are is on their way home, or on their way out, or alone behind their bedroom doors. But tonight, I just learned (on twitter) that Tim O'Brian is speaking at the Los Angeles Public Library in honor of the 20th anniversary of The Things They Carried -- and I am not there. I'm bereft. I adore that book. It's one of the best books I've ever read on writing. It is one of my favorite...
Published on March 18, 2010 19:48