I don’t really like e-mail, but the world being what it is, I have to have it. For now, at least. I suppose that some people, like Joan Didion and Garry Wills, can choose not to have it. So I have it, but I’d rather you call so that we can talk. I’m at (203) 432-8650. If your plan is out of minutes for the month, or there’s a non-fiction prose emergency and I’m not answering my phone, you can reach me at mark.oppenheimer aaht yale.edu. If I’ve been caught in a compromising position that will call to mind Eliot Spitzer, Hugh Grant, or Eddie Murphy, then I have no comment except that I am taking some time to heal my family and then will return to public life—in the meantime, I am directing all inquiries to my literary agent, Betsy Lerner of Dunow, Carlson + Lerner, who can be reached at betsy@dclagency.com.