Capo, My First Golden Retriever,

The Best Source For Finding An Agent Is Called Literary Agents Of North America. It's A Complete List Of Agents, Not Only By Name And Address, But By Type Of Book They Represent And By What Their Submission Criteria Are.

Live Disasters Are Wonderful Attractions When You're Safe On The Other Side Of Them.

I Look At The Great Poets Of The Soviet Union, Like Anna Akhmatova, Who Endured Far Worse Then Anything We've Seen Or Hopefully That We Will Ever See. If They Could Keep Writing And Keep A Voice Alive, Keep People Hopeful Through Their Poetry, Then I Would Be Ashamed To Stop And To Give In. It Would Be Really Self-indulgent, Unacceptable, And Inexcusable To Walk Away From It.

The Rich Are Different Than You And Me: They Have More Money And They Have More Power.

Organizer Is Kind Of A Grand Term For What I Was Doing. I Answered An Ad That The Presbyterian Church Of Chicago Put Up On College Campuses. I Was At The University Of Kansas, And It's Somewhat Relevant To My Life And Work That I'm A Jew. But They Weren't Doing A Religious Litmus Test. They Wanted Energetic, Civil-rights-committed College Students To Come Help Them Run Some Summer Programs.