Good Company

 

“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”

—Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Austrian poet & novelist, “The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge,” 1910.

• Editorial Comment: People still do that, do they?

PeezPIX 

Yes, they do! November’s SENIOR NEWS celebrates the book. Online here.

 

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.”—Tom Stoppard

 

 

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism