I think about what I’m doing and why (and how) all the time. Is this right? Effective? Healthy? Probably not. But in a way, I think I love these questions.

Why do we teach literature? Writing? Reading? Why are books important? Why do I care what writers fifty years ago wrote? A hundred and fifty years ago? A hundred and sixty one? Why does a book matter even if most people will never read it?

I don’t have answers. But ideas…