Deceiving

Sometimes

sophistication

looks like

naivete.

— Joan Acocella, "Critic's Notebook: Heaven on Earth"
(New Yorker, March 5, 2012)

Cool-looking authors No.37

Bill Cosby, author of books about marriage, fatherhood and much more.

(Photographer unknown.)

Pothole people

While the road of good intentions
might end in hell, the people
who tried to fill the potholes
along the way deserved
at least some credit.

— Stephen King, "The Library Policeman" from "Four Past Midnight"

Cool-looking authors No.36

William Shatner, author of memoirs, an autobiography "Up Till Now," and a series of "Star Trek" novels.

Photo by Jerry Avenaim

Cool-looking authors No.35

Christopher Rice, author of novels "A Density of Souls," "Light Before Day" and others. (And son of novelist Anne Rice.)


(Photo: Gwen & Eddie photography)

Cool-looking authors No.34

Alice Hoffman, author of "The Dovekeepers," "Here on Earth," "Second Nature," "Practical Magic" and more

Photo by Deborah Feingold

Life

... life's for living ...
so if you get the chance,
you better take it.

Even eighty years
goes by fast.

— Janice Daugharty, "Name of Love"
(short story included in "New Stories from the South")

Romance

There is no beginning
to love.
It just
creeps over you.

— Bailey White, "Quite a Year for Plums"

Cool-looking authors No.33

Don Knotts, author of "Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known"

Unequal Pleasure

A vasectomy might cost
as much as a year’s worth
of ice cream,
but that doesn’t mean
it’s equally enjoyable.

— Ezra Dyer, author of New York Times article about the 2012 VW Eos