Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.

There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.

I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, you have to read this, you have to read this."

Minnesota has been so good to me and so pleased that I love Minnesota.

So, yes, at least from my end. You could say there's a lot of Alison [McGhee] in Gollie too.

Allow me to congratulate you on your very astute powers of observation.

We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you that it can. I want to thank you because it did. - 2010 Indies Choice Award