Geoff Dyer

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Cherry Street

Geoff Dyer
I met him only once -- that is, I accosted him as he passed by the Sidewalk Cafe in the East Village and told him how much I loved his music -- but the death of Don Cherry touched me as deeply as if he were . . . I......
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Reader’s Block

Geoff Dyer
Illustration by Melinda Beck Don’t read much now. —Philip Larkin, “A Study of Reading Habits” Could I have become a symptom, or is this an entirely personal indisposition? Either way, I find it increasingly difficult to read. This year I read fewer books than last year; last year I read......