Having been a longtime listener to This American Life I was somewhat familiar with David Rakoff’s writings but hadn’t really devoted much time to him outside the podcast. Our book club chose to read his posthumous work Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish to wrap up the year and it was an enjoyable read from an enjoyable man, who died far too early in life. What none of us expected when tackling this short “novel” was that the entire thing would be in rhyming couplets. […]