Accompanying the article are eight poems from Hughes's "Birthday Letters": "Fulbright Scholars," "Fidelity," "A Pink Wool Knitted Dress," "A Dream," "The Literary Life," "The Minotaur," "Robbing Myself," and "Freedom of Speech".
The only other musician who makes a substantial contribution to the record is Taylor's teen-age daughter Cassie, who plays bass, supplies the backup vocals, and sings lead on "Buy Myself Some Freedom".
Rather than trying to force myself into any gendered stereotype, I allowed myself the freedom to experiment with how I looked and which pronouns I used.
"I consider myself a freedom fighter when I am on the stage," he added.
"I need a little room for myself and freedom from all this responsibility," she said.
But then I remind myself that freedom is not a gift.
"If I allow myself the freedom to live a secluded life", she wrote, "then it is because it has to be that way".
No, I'm too busy seething over another irony: whenever I've complained about my country's torturings, renderings, detentions, etc, there's always been some smug bastard ready to respond that these measures are what guarantee smart-alecky writers like myself our freedom of speech.
If I grow in my feeling of "choosing myself" – my freedom to make my own decisions in life instead of catering to the decisions and tastes of others.
