. >> the poem is by emily dickinson bob silvers described them as heroic saying "the pure intensity of effort and courage needed to arrive at the ability to do it is something difficult to imagine. it is a great victory for him. how do you see these memoirs? >> rose: you've written about many things: trains. i think it was called "trains, trains, trains," and the significant... the significance as an engine of becoming rather than being. >> rose: you see things in terms of a house. >> rose: you have a remarkable family. will you write about them? >> on a daily basis if you're having a conversation, say, even a debate about some of these issues and the word "socialism" is mentioned, sometimes it's as though a sort of brick has fallen on the conversation and there's no way to return it to its form, it's sort of indistinguishable. what would you suggest on a daily argumental basis you would do to restore this conversation to its form? (applause) >> i'm not sure if i ought to reveal the identity of the questioner but he's my youngest son nicholas. (applause) and that kind of conversation h