Does the Western 12-tone scale represent every tone possibility? Oh, grasshopper, you have so much to learn.

You can tell how nimble an animal is by checking the size of its inner ear.

...And I was returned to those weird and warm Florida nights when I'd leap eagerly from my comfortable but lonely bedroom at the sound of a weak car horn. In moments, I'd be out and free.

<I>Missing Pages: Black Journalists of Modern America&mdash;An Oral History</I> sounds like one heck of a good read. And while we're on the subject, I also recommend the Library of America's <A HREF="http://www.reportingcivilrights.org/loa/"><I>Reporting Civil Rights</I></A>.

Mary Gordon writes on the essence of memory.

I'm with Calvin Trillin on this one: Never eat in a restaurant that rotates.