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I was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 13, 1954.

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My mother's name is Sema; my father's Jack. I spent the early years of my life in the city, overlooking a river and shipyard, and when I was about 4 or 5 years old moved out to the suburbs, Great Neck, Long Island. I grew up there in a ridiculously large house with a giant backyard, perfect for childhood games and mischief and chasing our dog, and being chased in return.

My parents were definitely major influences.

My mom was a lover of language, always reading reading reading, writing writing writing.

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I can still remember her reading me the OZ stories when I was quite little. A bit older, she read me Rudyard Kipling's JUST SO STORIES. My Dad was a civil rights lawyer (he is now a law school professor) and wrote books on the side, very dry stuff.

Where my Mom was very effusive and poetic with words, he was very precise and technical (he still constantly corrects my grammar). But I still vividly remember him reading me Carl