Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino

came out a couple of years ago. About King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table and

Nothing ages you like children.”

“Don’t say uh. It makes you sound uncertain. Speak with assurance and people will treat you as intelligent.”

This was America. Anyone could be anything.

“It’s impertinent to talk about money—especially when it’s not your own.”

You could be rich as Croesus and still not have class.

Most people don’t see the bars that hold them. You and I do.”