Conversational Reading: When Is It Okay to Read About an Author's Private Life?

I feel sort of bad for having enjoyed With Borges as much as I did. It's not that much more than a peek into the private life of one of the strangest literary figures... and I tend to think that readers should have nothing to do with the private lives of authors. I have a healthy suspicion... of celebrity,especially as applied to authors, one of the most un-celebrity-like groups... I can think of.

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