?Peter Selgin was cursed/blessed with an unusual childhood. The son of Italian immigrants—his father an electronics inventor and a mother so good looking UPS drivers swerved off their routes to see he
When Vietnam-veteran-turned-filmmaker Dwaine Fitzgibbon ("D for Death, W for War, A for Anarchy, I for Insane, N for Nightmare, and E for the End of the World") takes Nigel DePoli under his wing to te
The stories in Drowning Lessons engage water as both a vital and a potentially hazardous presence in our lives. "You can touch water," says Peter Selgin, "you can taste it and feel its temperature, yo
In the fall of 1970, at the start of eighth grade, Peter Selgin fell in love with the young teacher who'd arrived from Oxford wearing Frye boots, with long blond hair and a passion for his students th
"This book is mainly about two men who were very important to me."The first was there at my conception; the second came along 13 years later. Both men shaped my personality . . .&
