I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.

I see colors like you hear jet planes.

Nothing again. No one is listening. No one is waiting to hear the kicking of a man above. It is unexpected. You have no ears for someone like me.

It all meant something. Until it didn't.

High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in.

It's so easy to print in the Midwest. You're saving months in shipping and customs, so we have started printing a number of books there.

If you want to write about people, you can make it up. But if you spend time talking to someone and examining what it is you want to write about, you discover a level of detail that you wouldn't have noticed otherwise.