Thanks, Rip. These memories have accrued like barnacles on the inside of my skull. I tell myself that if I could make these things up I could be a novelist ... but I can't. So I'm a historian and memoirist.
The history matters aside (I remember people saving that issue of the Daily News), I am struck by your memories of individuals that you encountered as a cab driver. In very different contexts, archivist, librarian, bookseller, and residence hall director, I had interactions that, while not particularly dramatic, have stuck with me. (I seem to have quite a few of those and I am not sure what that says about my life.) The people you have described in this issue and others in the series are drawn vividly with me wondering what ever happened to them, too. I am looking forward to future stories.
Thanks, Rip. These memories have accrued like barnacles on the inside of my skull. I tell myself that if I could make these things up I could be a novelist ... but I can't. So I'm a historian and memoirist.
The history matters aside (I remember people saving that issue of the Daily News), I am struck by your memories of individuals that you encountered as a cab driver. In very different contexts, archivist, librarian, bookseller, and residence hall director, I had interactions that, while not particularly dramatic, have stuck with me. (I seem to have quite a few of those and I am not sure what that says about my life.) The people you have described in this issue and others in the series are drawn vividly with me wondering what ever happened to them, too. I am looking forward to future stories.