A childhood without books

Please, forgive me if you’ve heard this story before, either on page or in person. I tend to tell it two or three times a year.Because I cannot get my head around such nonsense.People often approach me, wanting to write a book. Only two times in 20 years has anyone ever inquired about writing a newspaper column. On those two, rare occasions, I have thought what a wise Mississipp...

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