James Gollin:  

Life Summer 2003. I live in Washington, DC. I work for a lawyer with an estate planning practice. Before that I did copy editing for a scientific journal. Living in Washington, I am surrounded by famous people. But I have never really had a "Washington" job. Sometimes I see Joe Lieberman at synagogue. I used to go to a lot of baseball games. During the Monica Lewinsky summer, I followed Mark McGwire around for a while and was at the park in St. Louis when he broke Roger Maris's record. I also used to listen to a lot of Irish music. Consequently, I try to get to Milwaukee for Irish Fest (middle of August). Perhaps somebody reading this will remember me as a quiet kid who liked to read a lot. Though I have since grown old and gray (or at least middle-aged and gray), the other part stayed the same. Mostly I read fiction, serious fiction. I am more religious than I was growing up. I am involved lo...Expand for more