Ray Bradbury's writing had a tremendous effect on me when I was young. I was in seventh or eighth grade, and grabbing books at random from what to me was the newly available adult section of the library, and among those books was Dandelion Wine. I was a kid myself, and here was a novel of summer and reminiscence and nostalgia that seemed both terribly remote and terribly immediate. I went on read everything else of Bradbury's that the library had to offer, and enjoyed every bit of it. "A Medicine for Melancholy"—if that's not one of the best story titles ever...Open Culture presents a lecture that Bradbury gave in 2001, to a group of young writers, in which he is crusty, funny, sharp and totally entertaining. He's giving advice to them, and revealing a lot about himself along the way. It's a must for Bradbury fans (and prospective writers): Ray Bradbury Gives 12 Pieces of Writing Advice to Young Authors (2001).
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