"Publishing is a nearly limitless act that has the potential to build communities, expand minds, and offer new perspectives."

"What sort of selves do literary works create? More broadly still, what kinds of selves does any manner of artwork create?"

"If one needs a dwelling place to start thinking, an artwork can serve as a kind of shelter where thinking can take place. "

"The strange weather that we’ve been hearing about is now here, speaking in a new political forum that humans have yet to join seriously."