Like Me? Thank My Mother.

Nobody needs to tell me how much my mother has influenced my life, but the universe lately is determined to remind me.

First I’m at an event at the library, where I’m a trustee, and they ask for my thoughts (on video) about the value of libraries. Sure!

My mom brought me to the library every week, where I took out the maximum number of books — I think it was 14. I devoured them, and my mom brought me back to get more. This developed a lifelong love of reading, of wanting to understand the world at large. It led to me being a writer, which led to a career in…