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In the brief but wonderful conclusion to the book Gornick explains her impetus for writing the book after 15 years of MFA programs, her frustration at the overemphasis put on how to write and not why to write. The conclusion even explains her seeming abandonment of her theories on writing...
As she keeps an eye on the children, Clark remembers her disbelief last Tuesday when she learned that her neighbor had died in the terrorist hijacking of the American Airlines flight which crashed into the World Trade Center.
Clark says she learned of Jenkins’ death from a neighbor last Tuesday. She walked immediately up the street to the Oxford Spa, the corner store where her 17-year-old daughter Katie Clark has worked after school for two years.
She later learned at the memorial service that Jenkins, too, was a fan of movie and TV trivia and collected original movie posters.
She learned about his love of collecting things. His house was a veritable archive for old copies of The New York Times dating back 20 years.