<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Ed,<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I got the book out of the library, and have found it fascinating so far - very perceptive and provocative. I won't be at Anaheim, but I'll second Ed's recommendation. At least based on having read the first 10% - it isn't a fast read - but I think it is obvious that Sennett is a remarkable writer and thinker, and has an excellent grasp of a wide range of experience.<br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Regards,</div><div>Fred Sturm</div><div>University of New Mexico</div><div><a href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Jun 5, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Has anyone on list read<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>The Craftsman</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by Richard Sennett?</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Has it focused or clarified your thoughts about our work?</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">I'd like to have a chance to talk with others who have read it in Anaheim.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">If interested, please contact me off-list.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks!</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ed Sutton</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</a></font></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>