To the editor: Michael Silverblatt was more than just a radio voice (“Michael Silverblatt, ‘genius’ host of KCRW literary show ‘Bookworm,’ dies at 73,” Feb. 15). He was an ideal reader, and as such, he provided a beacon of what reading — literature, history, poetry, philosophy — could provide: a way to navigate the world and live within its many complexities and obstacles.
Today, we know that students arrive at college struggling to read an entire book. I hope some of them stumble across the KCRW archive of Silverblatt’s glory and blaze anew with its purpose and meaning.
Lynne Culp, Van Nuys
