When I came back, I worked in an English-language school for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S., then for a wine merchant. I figured I wouldn't do myself or anyone else much good if I went that way, so I joined the Peace Corps and spent two years teaching English in a Central African town. I'm proud to play a part of that.Īfter graduation, most of my college classmates sought jobs in the nine-to-five workforce or entered graduate or professional school. Someone told me once that one out of every fourteen people in the United States has passed through Brooklyn at one time or another. I was born in Brooklyn, though I didn't actually live there until my late twenties. I'm named for a Shakespearean actor, whom my father saw perform in England in 1944, shortly before sailing across the Channel into battle. Most people are named for a family relative, admired friend, or historical or literary figure. I write books just a few degrees off the beaten path, because that's who I am.
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