The house is, in fact, something of a shrine to the passion that has consumed Corrigan's life, from her literature-saturated childhood in Sunnyside through her current career as a teacher and critic (in addition to her NPR gig, she pens a column on mysteries for The Washington Post and reviews for other publications, including Newsday). As she confesses in the just-published Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading Finding and Losing Myself in Books ... When I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book.
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