We are a racially diverse group and we write from our own cultural experiences. We are all different and we see different things in the world.

It's like we want the audience to travel with us as we tell our stories. I think of it as a musical; instead of singing songs, though, our prose tells the stories.

The rigmarole will feature several voices in one piece. The idea of the piece is if we had a superpower, what our problem would be and how the superpower would help the world.

There's a difference between a fact-finding trip that you do with the Aspen Institute and these trips funded by lobbyists and corporations where you do an hour of work and then play golf at St. Andrews all day.

What with the number of courthouses and post offices the Republican Congress names, it's ridiculous that they chose this one to make a point. This is a local issue.

At each step, we did everything they told us to do, ... If Republicans are arguing that anyone who receives an FEC fine can be hit with an ethics charge, well, I'd have to check but I think there are 12 or 13 of their members have received FEC fines in the past Congress.