Every Novel Generates Its Own Climate, When

If We Had Not Met, That Day, I Think I Would Have Imagined You Somehow.

I'm Now An Agnostic But I Grew Up On The King James Version, Which I'm Eternally Grateful For.

Born In Jerusalem, Wadie Said Went From Being A Dragoman To A Salesman In The United States And Thence To A Hugely Successful Businessman In Egypt.

I Can Remember The Lush Spring Excitement Of Language In Childhood. Sitting In Church, Rolling It Around My Mouth Like Marbles--tabernacle And Pharisee And Parable, Tresspass And Babylon And Covenant.

Getting To Know Someone Else Involves Curiosity About Where They Have Come From, Who They Are.