Thursday, October 25, 2018

Professor Allen Guttman

My uncle, who taught English and American Studies at Amherst College from 1959 to 2013, just turned eighty-six. He's still running every day and writing academic articles.


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    1. I'm impressed. Are you doing more drawing, now that you are a man of leisure?

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    2. Thanks! I'm trying to do more creative stuff in general. It's surprisingly hard; the temptation to just fritter away the time is insidious.

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    3. Fritter is the default setting. Everything else requires effort, despite how good you feel afterward.

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