Yes, I write about urgent concerns–climate change and migration, politics and poverty, as well as history and art. As I mix research with a rich fund of my own experiences and observations, the resulting ironies are not accidental.
“I don’t write for readers; I write to find out what I think,” said my friend, indignantly, as is her way. I was surprised to find that I agreed with her. But after I sort out what I think, about war in Syria, floods in Venice, carp ponds, guns, the planetary pandemic–of course I do care very much about readers.
