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Background
Reading Odyssey is a non-profit organization created by and for mainstream adults to re-ignite their intellectual curiosity and make accessible the great cultural resources of the world. Founded by two friends in 2005 who wanted to help each other… Continue reading
Rules of the road
Pat and I welcome others to join us. All that is required is your own passion. Of course, you don’t have to commit for 20 years. You can join us for any book along the way. Everyone who participates should buy and read “How to Read a Book”. Here’s… Continue reading
Kendall Crolius
Kendall graduated in 1976 with a degree in English from Princeton University – back when women were still something of a novelty in the Ivy League. She wrote her thesis on “The Origin And Development of The Character of Morgan Le Fay in The Arthur… Continue reading
Lisa Quiñones
Lisa Quiñones is a freelance photographer based in NYC. She’s been photographing politics, portraits, news and life in NYC and abroad since the late 1980’s. You can see her work on-line at www.lisaquinones.com. Lisa has known Pat and Phil for 19 y… Continue reading
Nancy Kopans
I am General Counsel of JSTOR, a non-profit online library of scholarly journals based in NYC. Before attending law school, I was a Ph.D. candidate in Columbia’s English Department (am A.B.D.), following undergraduate study in Geology at Dartmouth… Continue reading
Bruce Upbin
Bruce Upbin is a senior editor at Forbes magazine, overseeng technology and life sciences coverage. A long time ago he earned an MFA in fiction-writing from the University of Arizona. Continue reading
Pat Wictor
I’m a touring musician and songwriter, and have met some of the wonderfulfolks in this group through my musical efforts. Phil Terry and I have been swapping books and discussing ideas, big and small, since we were teenage undergraduates in Califor… Continue reading
Robert Ross
Kim, Phil and I met in Junior High School and were friends until I left the school in 10th grade. We did not have contact again for approx. 20 years. My father reconnected us through Phil’s dad about 4 years ago. I am a Grand Prix Rider in the spo… Continue reading
Insiya Lightwalla
I was born in India and have lived in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) until I moved to the US at the age of 21. Living and learning the new culture has been quite an experience. Currently I work at Sephora and live in San Francisco. I know Phil through t… Continue reading
So Young Park
As a musician, sci-fi and pop culture fan, and lover of world travel, my taste in reading is somewhat eclectic. Although I’ve enjoyed Plato and translated Catullus from the original Latin, nowadays I’m more inclined to read a thriller than Tolstoy… Continue reading