I've Been A Democrat All My Life.

I Feel That My Father's Greatest Legacy Was The People He Inspired To Get Involved In Public Service And Their Communities, To Join The Peace Corps, To Go Into Space. And Really That Generation Transformed This Country In Civil Rights, Social Justice, The Economy And Everything.

I Never Thought I'd Be Doing Poetry Books. I Never Really Studied Poetry. But The First One I Did Was After My Mother Died, And I Realized That People Sort Of Think And Talk About Her Style And Fashion, But In Fact, What Made Her The Person She Was Was Really Her Love Of Reading And Ideas.

Change Isn't Easy, It Takes Time.

People Don't Always Realize That My Parents Shared A Sense Of Intellectual Curiosity And A Love Of Reading And Of History.

I've Campaigned For People. I've Campaigned Across The Country For People. I Have Supported People In Local Elections. I Do Work With Groups And Causes. So, I Feel Like I Am A Participant And A Civically-engaged Citizen.