Employee Cover Model of the Month: Paul Moliken
Name: Paul Moliken
Job at
PH: Senior
Editor
Nicknames:
Mr. Know-It-All,
Poker Champ, Culture Sox, Senile Editor, Sasquatch
Book
Cover He’s Featured On: Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic
edition of The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Catch Phrases: “Ya know!,” “Whatta
thing!,” “Astonishing!,” “Critters!
[rubs hands together menacingly]”
Favorite
Book: This is a
hard choice, but Lord of the Flies, The Last Temptation of Christ, Catch-22, Dune, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest just to
name a few.
Favorite
Childrens’ Book: Where the Wild Things Are and The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Favorite
Under-Taught Book: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Separate Peace
Favorite
Author: Classic?
Shakespeare. Modern? Cormac McCarthy.
Favorite
Poem: “Should
the Wide World Roll Away” by Stephen Crane, and At
the opposite end of the spectrum: Milton’s
Paradise
Lost
Favorite
Movie Based on a Book: Shane, Lord of
the Rings
Favorite
Band/Music: Grateful
Dead; there is no other live music worth hearing. Others include Sketches
of Spain and
Miles Davis.
Favorite
Food: Vietnamese.
I could exist on it and nothing else and never complain.
Favorite
PH Product: Literary Touchstone Classics
Favorite
Literary Quote: “To be or
not to be” — Everyone knows it, it says a great deal, and no word has over
three letters.
One
Random Fact: I am
happier now than ever before in my life.
Thoughts
about the Photo Shoot: Larry had
me so much in the moment, it was difficult not to cudgel him with my cane, rip
out his lungs, tear him limb from limb, consume various…ooops
