Maybe When I'm Sixty-five I'll

The Great Recession Is Not Imaginary, And The Effects Loom Large. There Was An Article In The Nyt About The Galloping Death Rate Among White Men In Middle Age. Higher Than Among Any Other Demographic, Etc. Mostly Death By Drugs, Alcohol, Or Suicide. Many Of Them Rural. My Feeling Is That It's Many People Who Haven't Been Able To Get Back Into The Work Force. Reg Morse Is An Example Of The Problem.

The Process Of Composition, Messing Around With Paragraphs And Trying To Make Really Good Prose, Is Hardwired Into My Personality.

Major Theme Of The Book ["hotels Of North America"], From My Point Of View: What Is Persona, What Is Self, In The Digital Sphere, And/or What Is The Effect Of It On Self In A Prolonged Interaction.

The Idea To Make Hotel Reviews The Form Of The Novel Came First. So I Just Started Writing Hotel Reviews And Tried To Come Up With A Consistent Voice.

Updike Worked This Way, And I Just Kinda Borrowed It From Him. So The Memoir Will Be Relief From Novel Writing For A Moment.