Boys like it when you talk to them as if they were grown menโat least he always did when he was a kidโbecause they pretend thatโs what they are anyhow, grown-up men, and they do it for their entire lives.
Russell BanksLists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.
Russell BanksAnd there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.
Russell BanksJohn Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university.
Russell Banks