Jerome Charyn Is One Of The Most

It Is Always So Simple, And So Complicating, To Accept An Apology.

Writers, Unlike Most People, Tell Their Best Lies When They Are Alone.

Fathering Imposed An Obligation That Was More Than Your Money, Your Body, Or Your Time, A Presence Neither Physical Nor Measurable By Clocks: Open-ended, Eternal, And Invisible, Like The Commitment Of Gravity To The Stars.

See You In The Funny Papers," He Said. Jaunty, He Reminded Himself; Always Jaunty. In My Panache Is Their Hope For Salvation.

I Was Thinking, Too, Of Superman And His Fortress Of Solitude.