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Twelve-year old Mattie Stepanek is confined to a wheelchair by a rare form of muscular dystrophy, but he's become a best-selling poet. He and his mother, Jeni Stepanek, talk about the challenges their family has faced, and about how Mattie has turned his experiences into poems. His latest poetry collection is titled Celebrate Through Heartsongs (Hyperion).
Mattie Stepanek, Poet (12 years old)
Longtime Washington Post colleagues Martha McNeil Hamilton and Warren Brown talk about how their friendship deepened when she donated a kidney to him, as described in their book, Black and White and Red All Over (PublicAffairs).
Martha McNeil Hamilton, Author, reporter
Warren Brown, automotive writer and "On Wheels" columnist for The Washington Post
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