The smile was the centerpiece of his breezy California style.
Click play to listen. Recorded on November 9, 1996.
Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker essayist and author of twenty-six books including Messages From My Father, reads from Remembering Denny, his best-selling memoir of a Yale classmate. He begins by reading three recent obituaries from his colleagues John Murphy, Richard Harris, and Andrew Kopkind. After reading from Remembering Denny, he responds to questions from the audience.