Bob Levin was born in Philadelphia March 14, 1942. Since 1968, he has lived in Berkeley with his wife Adele, a writer and retired psychotherapist. An attorney, he has represented the injured in workers' compensation cases for more than 35 years.
Starting out, Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Chandler. Currently, Joan Didion and Janet Malcolm -- and Will Cuppy for the footnotes.
Favorite Books
A Man With a Maid (vol 1-3); Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees; Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, The Recognitions.
Favorite Authors
Aside from "Influences," Flannery O'Connor, A.J. Liebling, and Elmore Leonard.
What I'm Reading
Chast. Theories of Everything; Vollman. Europe Central; Hernandez. The Death of Speedy (2nd time); Beford. A Visit to Don Octavio; DeMott, ed. First of the Year: 2009; Blitz. Sitting Shivah for Myself.
