Can it be that even as one grows to fit the space one lives in, one cannot grow until there's space to grow?

The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.

I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved literature more.

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what we mean to each other.