The Latin 'publicare,' meaning to 'make public,' provides the root of our English verb 'publish.' Midway between Latin and contemporary English, 'to publish' also meant 'to people, to populate, to multiply, to breed,' hence our notion that publishing creates publics--communities bound together by shared revelations, understandings, values, and practices. Influenced by Makoto Fujimura's notion of 'culture care,' Kurt Milberger will consider how these notions shape our lives as writers and beyond.