There Is A Crisis Involving Reading In

Forever In Your Arms Is Where I Want To Be Holding You Close Within The Space That Once Held Only Me... Forever In Your Warmth The Place For Me And You I Feel The Sun Our Life's Just Begun I Know You Feel It Too

Fifty Percent Of All Meaningful Education Takes Place In The Home. What Do You Share With Your Child? You Share Your Interests. I Was A Book Person. I Read With My Son. My Wife Is An Artist. She Dragged His Little Butt Around To Museums. He's An Illustrator Of Children's Books.

My Life Is Not Packaged, Not Tidy. There Are Leftover Strands And Jagged Edges That Cut Even My Friends.

I Would Enjoy Having Dinner With The Poet/playwright Derek Walcott.

I Think It's Difficult For Young People To Acknowledge Being Smart, To Knowledge Being A Reader. I See Kids Who Are Embarrassed To Read Books. They're Embarrassed To Have People See Them Doing It.