The Editor

In November of 1988, Robin Woods was sentenced to sixteen years in
the notoriously harsh Maryland Correctional Institution. In prison,
Robin Woods found himself using a dictionary to work his way
through a book for the first time in his life. It was a Mario Puzo
novel. While many people become educated during their
incarceration, Robin Woods became such a voracious and careful
reader he was able to locate a factual error in Merriam Webster's
Collegiate Encyclopedia. He wrote a letter to the encyclopedia's
editor, Mark Stevens, beginning a friendship that changed the lives
of both men. Contributor Daniel A. Gross has the story. Say hello
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