I Don't Remember: A Memoir

Part autobiography, part reportage, part cultural criticism, a fierce and memorable new book by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer.

The letter was written in his strong hand and to quote it from memory is to blush with all the possibility his letter contained, and how much do I miss all that possibility. So, I won't quote it verbatim. Because if I did, I’d have to stop and put my pen down and let hope dry up the page—hope that this will matter to you, and to others who know nothing of this sc...