>Wisdom or Hooey: a Poll.

by Roger Sutton
Mar 02, 2006 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>"Where am I? is the first demand the wailing infant makes of the world he arrives in. Calmed and comforted, you stop asking after a while, and are soon so adjusted to reality (an adult invention) that you forget the question."

--Peter Conrad, Behind the Mountain: Return to Tasmania (Poseidon Press, 1989)
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Andy Laties

>That would be, THERE'S A HAIR IN MY DIRT -- apologies to Gary Larsen.

Posted : Mar 06, 2006 05:41

Andy Laties

>All such thoughts and intentions go into your Karmic Bank Account. Next life, you may be a character in THERE'S A WORM IN MY DIRT. (I'll certainly be there, anyway.)

Andy

Posted : Mar 06, 2006 05:39

Roger Sutton

>) Sorry.

Posted : Mar 06, 2006 04:33

Roger Sutton

>Don't let Andy fool you--he could sell children's books to Harold Bloom. (I should know, because both these distinguished gentlemen are part of MY reality, and I could wish them both six feet under the cornfield should I so choose. Danny's not here, Mrs. Torrance.

Posted : Mar 06, 2006 04:28

Andy Laties

>Oh wait! I do know where I am. I'm a figment of Roger's imagination. I'm in his head (and I wanna get out).

Posted : Mar 06, 2006 12:36

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