[Terese Coe]

Short and well worth reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/ma...=1&oref=slogin

[Marybeth Rua-Larsen]

Thanks, Terese. It especially interested me that he wakes at 5 am, goes to his computer and also reads newspapers, and these activities make him energized and angry enough to start his day!

[Terese Coe]

I found that charming too, Marybeth.

Can you believe 740 people turned out for a reading in Concord, NH? I heard Simic read in NY last year and it was standing room only in a large B&N room. He needed a room four times the size. A natural and amusing reader, but I could only deal with the crush for a half hour.