Included in this uplifting anthology are: ??? 16 short stories and fictional excerpts from authors including J.M. Barrie, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, and William Shakespeare. ??? 30 poems from such poets as William Blake, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and e.e. cummings. ??? 20 essays and graduation speeches, including everyone from Toni Morrison and Ken Burns