“I’m donating several hundred of my books to seed them,” he says, adding he has asked other American writers to give 10 books each to the libraries. “Everyone has said yes so far,” he notes. “Stephen King, Amy Tan and Scott Turow. Ten of them have already signed up. We’re gonna try to get John Grisham and James Patterson, Khaled Housseini. I know all these guys, some of them are close friends, some of them I know a little bit. I think us American authors should show support for young readers here.” He’s trying to help out in the long term in his own way. He’s had experience working after the Haiti earthquake. “So what I’ve done in Haiti is take over one orphanage, one little place, 40 or so kids. That’s my little corner. So if everybody does their little corner, they can help out.” Read more: lifestyle.inquirer.net/152419/mondays-with-mitch-albom-in-tacloban#ixzz2ug0uHnpq
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