Anecdotal Evidence

He was friendly, the sort of guy who welcomed strangers of almost any species. Though a little slow, mentally speaking, he usually got our j...

I keep happening on books and poems I think my late brother might have enjoyed. Ken was not a dedicated reader but his tastes tended to be f...

The Scottish Poetry Library in 2006 asked American poet August Kleinzahler to name some of his “old favourite” books. This is how he replied...

Valentine’s Day invites declarations of love and their opposite. As Dylan, the reliable author of anti-love songs puts it, “You've got a...

I moved to Montpelier, Ohio, a small town in the northwest corner of the state, late in the summer of 1977. My mental model for such a place...

“Do you carry a notebook around with you? Do you write things down right away.”   No, and no. I’m not that organized. My mind operates lik...

I interviewed Carl Sagan about three years before his death in 1996. The astronomer was charming, patient, friendly and one of the most arti...