Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
This isn’t going to be a typical midweek post. That’s because this week hasn’t been typical.
Upon my return from Rosh Hashanah evening services Sunday night, I discovered news that, frankly, I’ve been dreading for some time.
So sad to hear of the passing of Stanley Hoffmann, who made the Center of European Studies at Harvard a brilliant intellectual community
— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) September 13, 2015
I began crying immediately. And maybe 30 seconds later, a phone call came from my college roommate, who’d just seen the news via The New York Times. (more…)