Mary Gordon is a terrific writer. I don't like her writing all that much--clearly my loss. She is speaking tomorrow (Sunday, October 1st, I think at 1) at the Koret Auditorium of the SF Main Library, and I'm impressed. She is much better known than people are usually who speak at the library for free. (As the flyers always say, "All events at the San Francisco Public Library are free.") I'm impressed that she's doing that. Points for Mary Gordon.