Alberto Manguel writes:

I believe that we are, at the core, reading animals and that the art of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything: in the landscape, in the skies, in the faces of others, and, of course, in the images and words that our species creates.

—from the Preface to A Reader on Reading

Weather cancellation for tonight's Brilliant Minds class. I just got word that NYU is closing this afternoon as of 1pm. Latest information is available from NYU at: http://www.nyu.edu/info.alert or by hotline: 212-998-1220.