University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

My English professor gifted this to me upon my undergraduate graduation. While I started telling my history in poetry, then prose, I am now a documentary and fiction filmmaker. The collection of poetry still inspires me to this day. Nelson Mandela explains why: “Poetry cannot block a bullet ... but it can bear witness to brutality — thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard. (The book) bears witness to the evil we would prefer to forget, but never can — and never should.” May this inspire you too.