“While writing these essays, both of my parents died. When I read that Cicero had left his son a series of brief personal ‘letters,’ I was disappointed that my parents had not done something similar. That’s when I decided to learn from the ‘sin’ of their omission and salt away some of my essays in a book.<\/p>\n
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