A bit about the characters in The Benevolence of New Ideas
Carmela Cattuti "Where did you get the idea for the minor characters in The Benevolence of New Ideas?" This question was asked over a year ago by one of my readers. I really had to think about it because the minor players developed organically. They all had strong voices and were fierce in their expression. Many of them I knew as a child when they visited our home to seek my great aunt's advice on life's problems in the mid 20th century. I had thought that by today's standar
