By Peter Sourian
This story occurred several years ago at Bard College in upstate New York, where I taught Literature and Writing for the last 45 years, until June 2010.
I was in my office, preparing to teach a class, when I looked up and saw an attractive young woman standing in the doorway.
“Come in and sit down,” I said, and so she did.
She was really quite beautiful, pleasant and friendly, and I soon understood that she was intelligent.
What did she want?