So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing us.

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But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down.

But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down.

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than...

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than...

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political...

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political...

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War.

The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War.

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading...

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading...

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the...

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the...

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are...

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are...

One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all...

One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all...

Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest...

Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest...

I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows...

I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows...

The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house...

The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house...

The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer.

The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my...

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my...

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And...

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And...

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community...

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community...