The poem, It Is I Who Must Begin, by Václav Havel is included in the collection, Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach, edited by Sam M. Intrator and Megan Scribner. It is a wonderful anthology of eighty-eight poems by well-loved poets and brief essays by teachers.

Teaching With Fire was written in partnership with the Center for Teacher Formation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Royalties from this book will be used to fund scholarship opportunities for teachers to grow and learn.