January 6, 2006

Teacher and Friend

By JAY PARINI

I still remember a special Sunday afternoon in 1970. I had just taken my undergraduate degree at Lafayette College, in eastern Pennsylvania, and my bags were packed. My parents were anxious to get away, but I had one last thing to do: I needed to say goodbye to Dr. Lusardi, the English professor who had, without a doubt, changed my life. I was going to graduate school in literature because of his influence and example.

As a student, I had always called him Dr. Lusardi. That was the

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