books that relates to them, doesn't mean they shouldn't read shakespeare or walt whitman or emily dickensonometimes you can't relate to hem, to another world, another time. i think when my book or a book like mine is people realize, wow, i can get in my story, i can resonate, but i can also learn from others. it does open up the world literature. i love reading books, all kinds of books. i read novels, short stories, poetry. i read all cultures. i'm very fond of native american writers as well as african-american writers and, of course, people like john fonte and, you know, james fair row and all these -- far row and all these great, you know, white writer. there's so many of them out there. so i would say open up the world to literature through this book. mentioned the second thing is -- >> host: you know what? i got busy, i let you do all the listening. it's my fault, roast marcy. thanks for calling in. we've talked quite a bit about always running and it calls you back, two of luis roll reese's -- rodriguez's best books. it calls you back goes on to talk about his life post post-gang and