Ways to Keep Cool In New York: Dinner at a friends' home

Menu: cold zucchini salad, monk fish in wine sauce, wild rice, bread, and Chinese melon for dessert. Lots of fans blowing, and lots of great talks about literature and favorite books. I love seeing people's faces when they talk about their favorite books! I should do a film or photo project of the way people react when they discuss the books that have moved them. Speaking of which, I just read Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son and was so moved by the writing I felt my head almost explode. I wish there was a picture of MY face as I told them about it last night.