Sometimes, you get lucky and books find you.  You come across them when you are much younger and they stay with you. They set the standard for how you will measure every other book you read. That's Long Life, by Mary Oliver. And every book of poetry that she has written. Sometimes, you're food shopping at Wegmans and as you detour through the magazine and book aisles, you find a paperback that you can't resist. That's Inside Of A Dog, by Alexandra Horowitz. Sometimes, another … [Read more...]