Dinner With Ali

This weekend, I stumbled upon an article written by sports writer Davis Miller in 1989 about a once in a lifetime encounter that he had with the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali. Unlike other non-fiction sports stories plagued by satire and cynicism, this one was genuine and tugged at the metaphoric heart strings of human emotion. It was one of those articles that helped me realize the emotional power of literature and human story telling. It reminded me of why I love to read literature. It inspired me to write better stories. It made me want to be better.