These writers represent community as dynamic, as something that must be negotiated and renegotiated because of its members' divergent histories, positions, expectations, and beliefs.
For the awards evening it was a surreal experience for my wife and I to walk the carpet with all the movie stars and hundreds of fans and press yelling and taking photographs.
The story centers on Scott, a 23-year-old musician-slacker who must win the heart of his new girlfriend by battling her exes (with surreal videogame flourishes).
Later, when Sun Records owner Sam Phillips heard Elvis' soulful voice, he thought he had finally found what he had been looking for-a white man who sounded black.
It appears that this willingness to give and share without calculating the cost becomes most evident around the holiday season when a spirit of goodwill stretches deep into the hearts of all people.