I tutor middle-school, high-school, and college students in reading, writing, literature, history, or the Hebrew or Christian Scriptures.

My special interest is in analytical or critical reading of difficult texts. Recently for nearly a year I helped lead a weekly halfway-house reading group for men recently released from prison. My master's degree from the University of Chicago was anti-specialist -- we were required to read major works in history, drama, fiction, poetry, and science, from ...