Why I'm a Transformative Language Artist
Leary of bedpans, I was too clumsy to serve people in the friendly airs or plié on the unfriendly stage, too short and stubby to model, too easily-distracted to take dictation, and too much of a ham to be a good actress.
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, ContributorKansas Poet Laureate (2009-13); author or editor of 19 books; ...