To David Stern,
Commissioner of the National
Basketball Association, whose commitment
to the NBA’s Read to Achieve
program has impacted thousands
of young lives.

—Pat Williams

 

 

In memory of my mother,
Helen Matthews, who taught me
to love words and books, to wield a pencil
at a young age, and let me crowd her
into a kitchen corner while I read
her everything I wrote.

—Peggy Matthews Rose