What books are on your night stand? “Ædnan” by Linnea Axelsson; “Father and Son” and “Passage to Juneau” by Jonathan Raban; “All the Pretty Horses” (re-re-read); “Cold Mountain” (re-re-re-read); “Mink River” by Brian Doyle. I’m less patient and can barely any longer abide even one misstep in a sentence, no matter how “good” the story. I crave protein and carbohydrates and no longer have much interest in sugar. It’s like the old Woody Allen joke: I’m prolific, I write a book every year/No I’m not prolific at all, I write a book every year.

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Persons: Linnea Axelsson, Son ”, Jonathan Raban, Brian Doyle, Woody Allen Locations: Juneau