Rollings, Alane 2006
with Ted Kooser
Have you noticed how when you see two people talking
anywhere in the world, one is almost always smiling?
Half of us are alive now; it’s hard to say
what we have least of. Children come into the world
by themselves. My family began with me.
– Alane Rollings, “When Single Rooms Can Spring to Life So Easily”
Listen to Alane Rollings’ 2006 reading with Ted Kooser at the Poetry Center of Chicago:
Rollings begins at 22:20 minutes.