My Personal Legend – Francis McGovern

When I think of My Personal Legend, the idea of what I am supposed to be, I think at some level I have always wanted to inspire people. That was my goal to create that feeling in others, the way writers had within me. Whether it was a song or poem, short story or long novel that I could not put down, words moved me to know my place in the world and to think about who I was. I knew that great Literature could help me. I felt that writers could inspire me to do things that I wasn't sure I could do.
I remember being at my first Springsteen concert when I was 17, the hum of the crowd and the way t...

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