Words on a Page

I learned to read in college. I can tell you the exact story, in fact. It was by James Joyce and it was called "The Dead." It's the last story in a collection called The Dubliners.

Initially, I hated the story. As a matter of fact, I hated that entire course -- and the professor (who seemed to me to be in love with every dark and dreary story she could lay her hands on).

In my own defence I was horrendously depressed and homesick and felt most of the time like I was hanging on by my fingernails.