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Last year I taught a high school English course.  As much as possible, I try to familiarize myself with all the books that are part of a school’s curriculum.  One of them was Tuesdays With Morrie by journalist Mitch Albom.  First published in 1997, this NY Times bestseller enjoyed something of a resurgence with the release of a 25th anniversary edition that was accompanied by television interviews with the author.  A work of nonfiction, Tuesdays centers around the close relationship between the author and Morris Schwartz, one of his professors at Brandeis University in Massachusetts.  (I recently learned that there was even a film version starring the late Jack Lemmon.)  Though it wasn’t a book assigned to my class, I took the time to read it and offer some thoughts.

Young Albom initially finds his diminutive, elderly teacher rather quirky, but the two quickly form a bond that extends beyond the classroom.  T