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Poetry is this gorgeous, complex history rendered in verse and song, a blueprint that can lead you back into the world after you've walked into air. Robin Coste Lewis airbackblueprint Change image and share on social
Long before we created libraries, or even books, poetry was the way we humans remembered who we were, a primary means of documenting and contemplating our lives. Robin Coste Lewis bookcontemplatecreate Change image and share on social
Toni Morrison was a big influence on my work since I was a teenager, what she did with English. I joke that I think she speaks 20 Englishes simultaneously, that she knows how to do that. Robin Coste Lewis bigenglishinfluence Change image and share on social
What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most important thing in my life. They don't know how hard it is for me to get a bad game out of my mind. I still can't, but I'm getting better. Brady Anderson badbaseballcrack share on social
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me. Ann Bancroft lousyluckyreader Change image and share on social
I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year. Jacqueline Novogratz bartendereconomicsinternational Change image and share on social
