"My interest in mathematics was sparked and sustained in high school not by courses per se but by a number of well wri…"

"I suppose many would say I should be proud of these educational attainments and indeed I take a lot of satisfaction i…"

"But whatever success I had or will have is bound up in the swirl of social and political forces that pushed mid-centu…"

"Although I was never in the American South and was a little too young to participate in civil rights demonstrations v…"

"Shatter her beauteous breast ye may; The Spirit of England none can slay! Dash the bomb on the dome of Paul's, — Deem…"

"There’s a part of me in every I write, whether it’s male or female, because everything has to go through me. Everythi…"

"Success did come to me later, but that was okay, I could feel myself getting better with each story or book. Age does…"

"I’ve always been fascinated with this sense that every single person walking down the street has a whole story. It’s …"

"My music springs from the soil of the American midwest. It is music of the plains rather than of the city and reflect…"

"As a music theorist, I have always contended that the historical approach to music theory is not enough. The modern t…"