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Early last evening, I received the very sad news that Jesse Kornbluth, who co-founded The Book Report/Bookreporter with me, had passed away. He had been ill for a while, but nonetheless the finality of it put me sideways.

We had been friends for more than three decades. It all started when we made documentaries together, along with Murray Bruce, while I was at Mademoiselle magazine. When we met, I was very much a corporate girl guided by the norms of a 9-5 work life. When I left Condé Nast in 1995 after my second son was born, I was completely unsure of what I wanted to do next.