Which assuredly is not what the saint below was reading...probably something to do with his immortal soul. Which is actually what Tom teaches in some of his courses: the religious themes in American literature.
So I guess they are both engaged, one way or the other, in that most human activity, learning. Let's that all those nameless souls who gave us an alphabet, a clay tablet, a scroll, a book, an iPad.
Posted using BlogPress from my iPad