Why I want to meet ShipwreckMazuma
Mazuma has read a truckload of books, so I would at least like to be his virtual acquaintance so that I can turn to him if I need some advice or an opinion of a literary nature!
What wndrlstgrl has done in 2008
Recent stories by and about wndrlstgrl
Why I want to meet Richard Branson
I really dig the fact that his enormous success doesn’t seem to have gone to his head nor dampened his childlike spirit. He seems genuine, down-to-earth, and self-effacing—a man who would be just as comfortable dining with kings as he would with paupers.
Why I want to meet Elie Wiesel
As an author, Mr. Wiesel compels me; as a human being, he humbles me.
I once saw an interview with Mr. Wiesel during which he spoke, for the first time, of his experiences during the Holocaust. His family members were murdered and he was taken prisoner, but those horrifying memories seemed to pale in the face of his ongoing struggle to come to terms with his feelings of ‘hate’ toward the perpetrators of the Holocaust. Watching him on the screen and listening to his words, honestly, his battle/his struggle was heart-wrenching and yet not at all what I expected or even, in that moment, something that I could understand, that I could relate to. I don’t know that I would question my hatred toward the murderers of my family, but Mr. Wiesel did (does?) and that moved me and really made me think.
