Rick Kleffel:agony Column

The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap

"How do you build a time machine? And it feels like narrative is the best way to do that."

The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature

"...I was a kid in a candy store coming up with these characters..."

Love and Treasure

Bark

"..when you read really trashy newspapers about people killing each other and all, they're usually in the midst of a divorce."

"I think love stories do have a lot of terror in them."

Casebook

"...so much is known so quickly..."

A Thousand Shards of Glass

"..we haven't lived up to what people's illusions and dreams are..."

Middle Man

"... we could provide good care for everyone..."

"It's an urban war in Iraq."

Gemini

"...you have the right to demand that they grope your genitals manually..."

You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About

Elizabeth Spencer, 'Starting Over: Stories'; James Magnuson, 'Famous Writers I Have Known'; Dasa Drndic 'Trieste'

"...I knew that he would not want to leave the police force..."