Margaret Renkl

MARGARET RENKL, A CONTRIBUTING NYT OPINION WRITER, IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKS “GRACELAND, AT LAST: NOTES ON HOPE AND HEARTACHE FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTH” AND “LATE MIGRATIONS: A NATURAL HISTORY OF LOVE AND LOSS"

Great writing can transport us and delight us, yes, but it can also open our hearts.

The joy of finding people who love the same books you do

I used to think of myself as a minor sort of Anglophile. As a child I knew the names of all six...