91.   His life story -- a black man reared in the Bronx, son of Jamaican immigrants, lifted by his own bootstraps -- reinforces primal American myths.

92.   His life story has been told many times.

93.   His life story is even better.

94.   His life story, which is covered in the first third of the book, is a true rags-to-riches American story.

95.   How could I, a feminist right down to my DNA, have allowed such an image to accompany my life story?

96.   His heroic life story was about enduring suffering, which was stirring.

97.   His life story, in which the gaps and omissions far outnumber the known facts, reads like a tale about a family man who was short on luck.

98.   I have done that, but the rest does not parallel my life story.

99.   I ask them to write their life stories.