Orlo Vay, the Chippewa Avenue Optician, Smart-Art Harlequin Tinted-Tortus Frames Our Speciality, was a public figure, as public as a cemetery. He was resentful that his profession, like that of an undertaker, a professor of art, or a Mormon missionary, was not appreciated for its patience and technical skills, as are the callings of wholesaleContinue reading “RKS American Literature: The Professional Injustice of Being an Optician (Sinclair Lewis)”
