Early Tuesday morning brought the sad news that the author Paul Auster - maybe the most-Brooklyn novelist of the last half century, a literary force who supremely captured the essence of life in our corner of the world - had died.
Auster's encounter with Harold 'Doc' Humes, co-founder of Paris Review, influenced his path to becoming a novelist, starting in the counter-cultural scene at Columbia University.
Humes's impact on Auster, moving into his apartment and setting up a salon, helped propel Auster into the literary world, shaping his postmodern journey.
Anecdotes from Auster's life and interactions, like with Doc Humes, shed light on the influences and relationships that shaped his unique writing style.
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