It was a friend with whom I worked who finally pushed me to write in to this column. Maythee Kantar appeared in the Guardian Weekly in June 2018, and it was a pleasure to reconnect.
I was introduced to the Guardian as a postgraduate in Dublin in 1972, by a medical student in the digs. The range of international coverage, the progressive social, cultural and economic perspective, and the consistently high quality of the writing sold me for life.
When I returned to the States in the mid-1970s, I subscribed to the Guardian Weekly straight-off. Since the Weekly anchors my leisure-time reading, I have read the digital versions for many years, so that I can get to it sooner. I have even learned to read it on the elliptical trainer with my iPad.
I read newspapers front to back, including the Guardian Weekly. I read it all, except, usually, the sports. The book reviews are essential and are the source of many of my reading choices.
Our campus library has a digital subscription to the Weekly and I was asked to pass along my printed copies for the shelves, to call attention to it.
My academic career has taken me to different places, but the Guardian Weekly is always with me (and my wife Pamela). And it is always fun to discover fellow Guardian Weekly readers, like Maythee.
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