I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.

As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.

If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.

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