Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected to the larger culture is a reflection of the degree to which the community itself is connected to the larger culture.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.

Much more than memoir; it's history.

I am not a ventriloquist.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older.