Angela

“the blue hours between three and five”
― Tracy K. Smith, The Best American Poetry 2021

“Julian Mock, a Cincinnati Reds scout, filed a report to the organization that included these words on a Post-it: “He’s the only guy I’ve ever seen who can hit it 400 feet, run and catch it before it comes down and throw it back to where it came from.”
― Jeff Pearlman, The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

“America, there is not a place I can wander inside you and not feel a little afraid.”
― Tracy K. Smith, The Best American Poetry 2021

“Let him grow up, I was thinking the whole time. That’s an old prayer. It comes in every language.”
― Maria Dahvana Headley, The Mere Wife