Writing, the New York Times Book Review, and needing a sense of yourself

Every Sun­day, the young man who wanted to be a writer went out early to the cor­ner news­stand to buy The New York Times. He had a rou­tine. Shuf­fle and deal, like a casino hand: sports sec­tion, arts sec­tion, week in review, and last, because it would get the most time and con­sid­er­a­tion, the Book […]