Winter 2004-05 Can you say a few words about your childhood? Where did you grow up, go to school? I was born in Ann Arbor in 1970. I grew up in Oklahoma, in Norman, which is where the university is, but I was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and really considered that my home, my spiritual home. My parents and I led a life of constant rebellion and denial about Oklahoma, which truly was a lame place. It was pleasant, and we had wonderful friends there, but it was lame and embodied our country’