I would like The Discovery of Poetry to be a field guide to the natural pleasures of language - a happiness we were born to have.

All afternoon in the deck chair, I try to describe to my notebook the colors of the water and sky. How to translate sunlight into words?

I would like The Discovery of Poetry to be a field guide to the natural pleasures of language - a happiness we were born to have.

The urge to travel feels magnetic. Two of my favorite words are linked: departure time. And travel whets the emotions, turns upside down the memory bank, and the golden coins scatter.

Venice, the most touristy place in the world, is still just completely magic to me.

What has impressed me the most about the Italians whose tables we've sat at is that they are traditional cooks but also outrageously innovative. These people are wild improvisers.

Where you are is who you are. The further inside you the place moves, the more your identity is intertwined with it. Never casual, the choice of place is the choice of something you crave.