You Can't Eat Straight A's.

I Learned To Make My Mind Large, As The Universe Is Large, So That There Is Room For Paradoxes.

It Seems That Writing Chose Me. I Feel That Because I Know History, And I Know The History Of So Many Cultures; I Have Lived A Large Life.

Ocean People Are Very Different From Land People. The Ocean Never Stops Saying And Asking Into Ears, Which Don't Sleep Like Eyes.

Reading Ngo Tu Lap's Poems, Terrible Nostalgia Wells Up In Me- Nostalgia For A Lost Time And A Far-gone Country, Nostalgia For People I've Loved, And For Creatures Of Forests And Rivers. I Feel Gratitude Too. War Is Over. Peace Arrives With These Beautiful Poems.

Daughters-in-law Lived With Their Husbands' Parents, Not Their Own; A Synonym For Marriage In Chinese Is "taking A Daughter-in-law.