Q: “If you
could require the president to read one book, what would it be?”
A: “It
would depend on who’s reading it to him.”
—Fran
Lebowitz, writer, “Fran Lebowitz: By the Book,” The New York Times,
March 21, 2017. Image: A librarian
with time on her hands arranged these books. Read the titles in sequence.
• Editorial Comment: “Horton Hears a Who”?
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“I don’t think writers are sacred,
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order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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