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Beauty, Like Male Ballet Dancers, Makes Some Men Afraid.

In Canada, Nobody Is Ever Overthrown Because Nobody Gives A Damn.

Wherever I Travel I'm Too Late. The Orgy Has Moved Elsewhere.

Fiorito Has All The Right Stuff. His Splendid Memoir About His Relationship With His Dying Father Belongs On That Small Shelf With Philip Roth's Patrimony And Frank Mccourt's Angela's Ashes.

When A Child Is Born, I Once Explained To The Kids, Some Dads Lay Down Bottles Of Wine For Them That Will Mature When They Grow Up Into Ungrateful Adults. Instead, What You're Going To Get From Me, As Each Of You Turns Sixteen, Is A Library Of The One Hundred Books That Gave Me The Most Pleasure When I Was A Know-nothing Adolescent.