i am a book lover. i love the smell and feel of books; i love how they look stacked on a table or aligned on a shelf. i crave the printed page. some favorite authors are: william gay, richard russo, howard frank mosher, kent haruf, barbara kingsolver, lewis nordan, mordecai richler, marjorie kinnan rawlings, eudora welty, roland merullo, anthony bourdain, josh bazell.