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Christopher Printz,
"Wrinkled Bench" (Raw Yellow Iridescent), USA, 2017,
Bent and iridized sheet steel, steel rod,
17 h × 53 w × 12 d in (43 × 135 × 30 cm).
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wildbeautifuldamned · 2 years ago
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logobosskingdom · 2 years ago
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Monster walter dean myers study guide
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Film review from The Hollywood Reporter.
Watch Mandler and Harrison discuss the movie here!.
The indie film, directed by Anthony Mandler, stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Ehle, Jennifer Hudson, and Jeffrey Wright.
Monster, a movie adaptation of the novel, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare.
Guilt - The novel examines the difference between innocent and "not guilty" as demonstrated by the characters present in the trial. Justice - Through illustrating the damaging emotional effects of imprisonment and being on trial, Myers makes an argument about the injustice that overwhelms the justice system. Lies and Betrayal - Steve makes the critical mistake of trusting the wrong people key characters in the trial lie for self-preservation or to protect others.
Engage with the text in creative ways, such as dramatic performance and analysis of illustrations.
Evaluate how Steve's time in jail affects him emotionally and develops him as a character.
Examine the author's choice of using two main formats-journal entries and a screenplay.
Trace themes regarding discrimination in the criminal justice system, deception, and the effects of peer pressure.
Discuss to what extent Steve is guilty and in what way.
Draw the distinction between legal and moral guilt as it relates to the characters.
Extracting the truth from Steve's unreliable narration.
Keeping track of all the key characters in the trial.
The interesting format of journal entries and screenplay excerpts.
What Your Students Will Love about Monster Despite being found innocent in the end, he is plagued by the trial's aftermath.Ĭontent Warning: Although middle-grade readers are the intended audience for Monster, the novel contains references to violence, drug use, and sex, so the maturity of your class should be considered. Forced to confront the consequences of his choices, Steve grapples with guilt and self-perception as he endures brutality in jail and institutional racism in court. Harmon describes his emotionally challenging experiences in prison through a series of journal entries and the events of the trial in a screenplay format. Part epistle, part screenplay, Monster tells the story of 16-year-old Steve Harmon, a teenager from Harlem on trial as an accomplice to murder. Printz Award for Excellence in Literature for Young Adults
Awards: 1999 National Book Award Finalist, 2000 ALA Best Books for Young Adults, New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 2000 Michael L.
And if the retail value of your order is at least $2,500, you'll save 35% on all your paperbacks. If the retail value of your order is at least $500, you'll save 30%. You'll always save at least 25% on any paperback you order. Facilitate classroom discussion about the degree to which Myers succeeds in creating an empathetic character, and how Steve's introspection and experiences both limit and expand the story.Ĭourt is in session: Learn everything you need to know about Monster below!
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Authors often uses these tactics to emphasize a character's humanity, with struggles and flaws. Students who enjoy the visual arts will appreciate applying themes from the novel to analysis of these illustrations.īeyond making the novel structurally interesting, Myers makes unique narrative choices, employing literary devices such as flashback, stream of consciousness, and unreliable perspective. Additionally, the author incorporates thought-provoking artwork by his son, Christopher Myers.
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To further engage your class, consider having students perform parts of the screenplay or write journal entries from the perspective of another key character. Instead of using the traditional chapter-to-chapter format, Myers structured Monster as a work of confessional literature, shifting between Steve's emotional journal entries and a screenplay Steve wrote about the trial. Moreover, how does each type of guilt affect the characters differently? Which kind has a more lasting impression? Additionally, the role Steve's race plays in how he is perceived by the jury can lead to an in-depth discussion about prejudice and discrimination. As they read, students should note which characters are guilty and in what manner. Myers subtly draws a distinction between legal guilt and moral guilt through the actions and emotional state of each character involved in the trial. The core themes of this novel address justice, institutional racism, deception, guilt, and the effects of peer pressure. A teenager named Steve Harmon finds himself on trial, facing the death penalty, for being the "lookout" during what turned out to be a lethal burglary. Sometimes, a small choice has monstrous consequences, and there's no better example of this predicament than the story told in Walter Dean Myers's award-winning novel Monster.
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blackkudos · 6 years ago
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Walter Dean Myers
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Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He wrote more than one hundred books including picture books and nonfiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His 1988 novelFallen Angels is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S. because of its adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War. He also sat on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Biography
Myers was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia. When his mother died while giving birth to his little sister, Myers was given over as a child to Florence Dean, who was the first wife of George Myers (Walter's biological father), who raised him in Harlem, New York. Myers later took on "Dean" as his middle name in honor of his foster parents Florence and Herbert. Herbert was an African-American man and his wife was a part-German and part-Native American woman who taught English at the local high school. As a child, Walter's life centered on the neighborhood and the church. The neighborhood protected him and the church guided him. He was smart, but did not do that well in school. Suffering from a speech impediment, he cultivated the habit of writing poetry and short stories and acquired an early love of reading. Myers attended Public School 125 on Lasalle Street, before dropping out (although Stuyvesant High now claims him as a graduate) and joining the Army on his 17th birthday.
Myers wrote well in high school and one of his teachers recognized this; she also suspected he was going to drop out. She advised him to keep on writing no matter what happened. He did not exactly understand what that meant but years later, while working on a construction job in New York, he remembered her words. Myers would write at night, soon writing about his difficult teenage years. When asked what he valued most, he replied, "My books. They were my only real friends growing up."
Myers lived in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family. His family includes his wife; son, author and illustrator Christopher Myers; son, Michael; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A daughter, Karen, predeceased him.
Myers received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1994 for his contribution in writing for teens. For his lifetime contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.
Myers was the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, a two-year position created to raise national awareness of the importance of lifelong literacy and education.
The ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". Myers won the annual award in 1994, citing four books published from 1983 to 1988: Hoops (1983), Motown and Didi (1985), Fallen Angels (1988), and Scorpions (1988). The young-adult librarians observed that "these books authentically portray African-American youth, but their appeal is not limited to any particular ethnic group. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America." He was a two-time runner-up for the annual Newbery Medal, recognizing the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children", in 1989 for The Scorpion and in 1993 for Somewhere in the Darkness. The ALA split the Newbery several years later, establishing the Michael L. Printz Award for young-adult literature. Myers was the inaugural winner for Monster (HarperCollins, 1999), which was thereby designated the year's "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit".
Myers first published book was a contest winner: Where Does the Day Go?, written by Myers and illustrated by Leo Carty (Parents Magazine Press, 1969). It won a Council on Interracial Books for Children Award, 1968.
Myers was a finalist for the for Young People's Literature: in 1999 for Monster, in 2005 for Autobiography of My Dead Brother, and in 2010 for Lockdown. Myers is mentioned in Sharon Creech's 2001 poetic novella Love That Dog, in which a young boy admires Myers and invites him to visit his class.
On July 1, 2014, Myers died in Manhattan after a brief illness. His last written work, a few months before his death, was an essay entitled Where Are The People Of Color In Children's Books?
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bobszantyr · 3 years ago
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Opening FRIDAY at @trestlegallery ! •• Please join us @trestlegallery this Friday, 9/3 from 5-8pm for the opening reception of NOT JUST ANOTHER ANTHROPOCENIC LOVE STORY, a group exhibition of works on paper by 67 artists based in over 13 states and Canada. The exhibition is organized by gallery director SiSi Chen, from an open call, and features: Kristen Adamczyk, Braden Bandel, Simon Bertrand, Katie Bullock, b chehayeb, Megan Chin, Alexandra Chiou, Lillian Chun, Lauren Cohen, Melissa Donoho, Ben Eden, Ryan Erickson, Mew Filsinger, Julia Garcia, Nicolo Gentile, Sarbani Ghosh, Noa Ginzburg, Harley Ngai Grieco, Jacq Groves, Meg Hahn, Kate Harding, Whitney Harris, Beth Humphrey, Ianthe Jackson, Matt Jones, Yasemin Kackar-Demirel, Will Kaplan, Kosuke Kawahara, Karissa Kendricks, Maho Kino, Staver Klitgaard , Ming-Jer Kuo, Ray Lee, Philippe Caron Lefebvre, Andrea Lewicki, Fei Li, Adam Linn, Tai Lipan, James MacFie, Max Manning, Sam Margevicius, Rebecca Marimutu, CJ Mazzalupo, Sean McDonough, Mike McGuire, Christopher Mireles, Pol Morton, Kevin Mosca, Jesse Moy, Nick Naber, Tara Ohanian, Dana O'Malley, Evan Peltzman, Jennifer D. Printz, Xinan (Helen) Ran, Jenna Ransom, Carrie Rudd, Yoon Sun Shin, Emily Somoskey, Nathan Storey, Bob Szantyr, Noah Tavlin, Daniel Anthony Vasquez, Rochelle Voyles, Alina Yakirevitch, Brian Zegeer, and Mark Zubrovich. #art #worksonpaper #contemporaryart #trestlegallery (at Trestle Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTS50qYleui/?utm_medium=tumblr
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firstdraftpod · 5 years ago
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Hold Your Square With Jason Reynolds
First Draft Episode #214: Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ghost series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, Lu), When I Was the Greatest, The Boy in the Black Suit, As Brave As You, Miles Morales: Spider Man, Long Way Down, For Every One, Look Both Ways, and co-author of All American Boys (with Brendan Kiely, listen to his First Draft interview here) and Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You (with Ibram X. Kendi),. In January, Jason was named the seventh National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for 2020-2021.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Jason didn’t grow up writing prose, but he and all his friends had rhyme books where they would write lyrics. They wanted to be the next Nas, Slick Rick, Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane, or Rakim.
Jason’s aunt would give him classic books as gifts, including Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Bob Marley’s “Kaya,” Nina Simone’s “Four Women,” Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” were hugely influential on Jason because of the beauty of the lyrics
Jason teamed up with the artist and writer Jason Douglas Griffin for an early book, My Name is Jason. Mine Too: Our Story. Our Way.
Jason credits Joanna Cotler, author and artist, and then publisher of her own imprint at HarperCollins, with teaching him how to write narrative and gave him the mantra: “Your intuition will take you farther than your education ever will.”
Jacqueline Woodson (author of Brown Girl Dreaming, winner of the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and Newberry Honor winner), Rita Williams-Garcia (author of Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, a National Book Award finalist), and Walter Dean Myers (author of more than 100 books for young people, including Monster, winner of the Printz Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and National Book Award, and more) are people Jason considers predecessors to his career.
Christopher Myers, writer, artist, and the son of Walter Dean Myers, pressed Jason to return to writing, to carry on his father’s legacy. At Christopher’s urging, Jason read The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers (which the TV show 227 was based on)
Caitlyn Dlouhy, Vice President & Editorial Director of Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, nurtured Jason’s career by focusing on the integrity of his work
Laurie Halse Anderson (author of Speak and The Impossible Knife of Memory), Eliot Schrefer (author of Threatened, a National Book Award finalist), and Gene Luen Yang (author and illustrator of American Born Chinese), and Jason also shouts out Sharon Draper’s New York Times bestselling Stella by Starlight
Jason references part of Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself: “Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!”
Jason admires writers who use verse for all or many of their books, specifically Kwame Alexander (poet and educator, and New York Times bestselling author of The Crossover: A Novel, winner of the Newbery Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor) and Ellen Hopkins (New York Times bestselling author of Crank)
Alfred Hitchcock’s works (including Psycho and Rear Window), and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining are examples of subtle ways that framing and design can make a viewer feel uncomfortable.
Quincy Jones said about producing music, “I always say you have to leave space for God to walk into the room.” That’s how Jason feels about the appearance of poetry in text.
The first scene of Boyz ‘n the Hood shows one kid asking another, “Do you want to see a dead body?”
Fresh Ink: An Anthology, edited by Lamar Giles (author of Fake ID and Spin), and Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, edited by Ibi Zoboi (author of American Street, a National Book Award finalist, and Pride) are among the anthologies that Jason thinks are wonderful. He wonders why we’ve moved away from the short story format for younger readers.
The TV show High Maintenance is another example of vignette storytelling that Jason was going for with Look Both Ways
Jason shouts out Jennifer Buehler, Ph.D., Associate Professor at St. Louis University, Educational Studies who specializes in young adult literature
Jason’s friend and co-author of All American Boys, Brendan Keily (author of Tradition, listen to his First Draft episode here), refers to the story under the story as “vertical narrative”
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jlslipakauthorthriller · 6 years ago
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Moss has grown up on the strangest and most magical of islands. Her father has a plan to control the tempestuous weather that wracks the shores. But the island seems to have a plan of its own once Callan — a wild boy her age — appears on its beaches. Her complex feelings for Callan shift with every tide, while her love for the island, and her father, are thrown into doubt…
And when one fateful day, a young man from the outside world washes up on the beach, speaking of the Old World, nothing will ever be the same.
Out July 31, 2018
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Lucy Christopher was born in Wales but grew up in Australia. She obtained an Undergraduate degree at Melbourne University. She moved to the UK to earn a distinction in a Creative Writing MA from Bath Spa University. The novel she wrote for this class, The Long Flight, was picked up by a publisher under a new name of FLYAWAY.
Lucy’s debut novel, Stolen, was written as part for her PhD degree. Stolen explores her thoughts on the Australian desert through the story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and taken there.
Lucy is working on another teen novel. When she is not writing, Lucy spends her time daydreaming, emailing friends and horseback riding a mare named Topaz as well as helping to run a kid’s wildlife group at Newport Wetlands.
MY THOUGHTS:
I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I absolutely love the simplistic yet gorgeous cover design. I hope it remains the final choice as I’ve only received an uncorrected proof copy.
Oh boy oh boy… what a hot mess. What happened? The award-winning author has put out far better books than this.  I was so disappointed.  There was trouble with plot, pacing, and the ending… WHAAAAAAAAT???
Her book, “Stolen,” was far better and better written. She won  the Printz Honor for it.  So when I went in to this one, I was expecting the same fantastic writing.  The premise was there, the potential was there and the talent was there as well… just not shown in this book.
The plot, the plot, the plot… someone call in the marines! We’ve lost the plot somewhere between hokey and smoky and can’t find it… in fact, I think it never was.  As the story meanders along, I couldn’t help but hear a faint rendition of “Tip To Through The Tulips” in the background.  Seriously, a mess of no plot, no character driven story, no… anything but a haze blue fog and what strikes me as incomplete thoughts and directions filled with misguided implications of magical realism aimed at kids.  You’re dumped right into Moss’s world with not so much as a howdy do, which is unusual for fantasy novels. There’s no real backstory, no world-building…
I just wasn’t riveted to the pages, but more like nodding off on top of them.  It would be great to see that same talent I saw in “Stolen” again, and although I’m not ready to say I’m finished with this author, I am seriously questioning if I should read any more of her work based on what she’s done here.
I gave this book:
  STORM-WAKE, by Lucy Christopher, Scholastic/Chicken House Moss has grown up on the strangest and most magical of islands. Her father has a plan to control the tempestuous weather that wracks the shores.
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bluemarblebooks · 7 years ago
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Holly’s Mock Recommendations - May 10, 2018
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The Cruel Prince [Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, hc] by Holly Black - Even though she was only seven, Jude knew that her oldest sister was different, but she didn't understand the implications until the night Madoc came to kill his faithless wife, her mother. He also killed her father, gathered up the three girls, and took them back to Faerieland. Even though only Vivienne was his blood daughter, Madoc considered it his responsibility to provide for his wife's orphaned human daughters, so Taryn and Jude were raised with the children of the fey. Now, ten years later, Jude is well aware of all the dangers of her situation. The fey hate humans. And since they have no capacity for empathy, their pranks are often cruel and painful. Young Prince Cardan is the worst, and Jude is forced to align herself with one of his rivals just to keep herself and her sisters safe. Then the rivalries become bloody, and Jude finds herself embroiled in an outright war. A war, she discovers, that she needs to win, not only to save herself and her siblings, but to save Faerie. The seductive, twisting plot is only bested by the intriguing descriptions of this dark version of the Faerieland.
Mock Caldecott
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Up in the Leaves: The True Story of the Central Park Treehouses [Sterling Children’s Books, $16.95, hc] by Shira Boss and Jamey Christoph - Bob lived in New York City, where his family's apartment always felt cramped and the sidewalks always felt crowded. The only place Bob felt at home was Central Park. One day when he was sitting high up in one of the park's trees, he decided to build a treehouse. He loved his treehouse all summer, but when the leaves started to fall, the park workers noticed his treehouse and took it down. The next summer Bob built another treehouse, and the next summer yet another. In all, Bob Redman built twelve treehouses in Central Park, and then the man in charge of the park offered him a job. A well-told tale of passion rewarded.
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This Is the Nest That Robin Built [Beach Lane Books, $17.99, hc] by Denise Fleming - In a poem with a “house that Jack built” structure, Fleming shows all the animals who contributed materials to Robin's new nest. These include the horse's hay, the pig's mud, and the rabbit's grass. As a special treat, the final recounting of the verse shows how Robin put each contribution in to make a strong and comfortable nest for her eggs. The collages are woven together with Fleming's hand-printed papers and just as much care as the Robin took to construct her nest.
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firstdraftpod · 5 years ago
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Libba Bray
First Draft Episode #18 and 19: Libba Bray
Libba Bray, author of New York Times best-selling series A Great and Terrible Beauty, Printz award-winner Going Bovine, and genuinely terrifying historical paranormal The Diviners, among others, joins me to talk about having her rock collection stolen as a kid, that one time Wes Anderson helped stage a play she wrote, and how growing up in Texas set her head at a certain tilt. The episode originally released on Nov 3, 2014, and Nov 6, 2014.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Tatooine being Luke Skywalker’s home planet in Star Wars
Seven Samurai, directed by Akira Kurosawa
Citizen Kane
Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe
Aaron Sorkin worked at the concessions at the theater for years and only heard dialogue for years and that influenced him
Harold Pinter is a writer who knows when to take a pause in dialogue
The Thin Man, Bringing Up Baby, The Marx brothers influenced her sense of comedy
Neil Simon plays (Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park: A Comedy in Three Acts, and The Odd Couple: A Comedy in Three Acts)
Singin’ In The Rain
Peter Marks, theater critic of the New York Times and the Washington Post
New York International Film Festival
Mawkish
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (and Tiger Beat has a song called “Holden Caufield is Not an Asshole”), A Separate Peace by John Knowles, and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath were the only examples of “YA” that Libba had growing up
Laurie Halse Anderson, David Levithan, Rachel Cohn, Francesca Lia Block (listen to her First Draft interview here), and Angela Johnson were some of the writers that Libba discovered when she dove into YA fiction
Aaron Zimmerman, who runs the non-profit New York Writers Coalition
Ann Brashares (author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Melissa Sinnet, and
Cecily von Ziegesar (author of Gossip Girl) were Libba’s editors at Alloy Book Publishing
Sweet Sixteen
Holly Black, Newberry Honoree and New York Times bestselling author the Spiderwick Chronicles, The Curse Workers, Magesterium, and her most recent series, Folk of Air (listen to her First Draft interview here)
“Miles and Miles of No Man’s Land,” Libba Bray’s post about depression
Stephanie Perkins‘ blog post about depression (hear Stephanie and me on a panel together in this First Draft episode)
Maureen Leary (adult short story writer)
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
Carrie by Stephen King
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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.
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Holding Your Square with Jason Reynolds
First Draft Episode #214: Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of critically acclaimed books, including National Book Award finalist Ghost, Newberry and Printz-honored Long Way Down, Coretta Scott King Honoree As Brave as You, and his latest, middle grade Look Both Ways, which was just named to the National Book Award Longlist for Young People’s Literature.
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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Jason didn’t grow up writing prose, but he and all his friends had rhyme books where they would write lyrics. They wanted to be the next Nas, Slick Rick, Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane, or Rakim.
Jason’s aunt would give him classic books as gifts, including Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Bob Marley’s “Kaya,” Nina Simone’s “Four Women,” Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” were hugely influential on Jason because of the beauty of the lyrics
Jason teamed up with the artist and writer Jason Douglas Griffin for an early book, My Name is Jason. Mine Too: Our Story. Our Way.
Jason credits Joanna Cotler, author and artist, and then publisher of her own imprint at HarperCollins, with teaching him how to write narrative and gave him the mantra: “Your intuition will take you farther than your education ever will.”
Jacqueline Woodson (author of Brown Girl Dreaming, winner of the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and Newberry Honor winner), Rita Williams-Garcia (author of Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, a National Book Award finalist), and Walter Dean Myers (author of more than 100 books for young people, including Monster, winner of the Printz Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and National Book Award, and more) are people Jason considers predecessors to his career.
Christopher Myers, writer, artist, and the son of Walter Dean Myers, pressed Jason to return to writing, to carry on his father’s legacy. At Christopher’s urging, Jason read The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers (which the TV show 227 was based on)
Caitlyn Dlouhy, Vice President & Editorial Director of Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, nurtured Jason’s career by focusing on the integrity of his work
Laurie Halse Anderson (author of Speak and The Impossible Knife of Memory), Eliot Schrefer (author of Threatened, a National Book Award finalist), and Gene Luen Yang (author and illustrator of American Born Chinese), and Jason also shouts out Sharon Draper’s New York Times bestselling Stella by Starlight
Jason references part of Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself: “Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!”
Jason admires writers who use verse for all or many of their books, specifically Kwame Alexander (poet and educator, and New York Times bestselling author of The Crossover: A Novel, winner of the Newbery Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor) and Ellen Hopkins (New York Times bestselling author of Crank)
Alfred Hitchcock’s works (including Psycho and Rear Window), and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining are examples of subtle ways that framing and design can make a viewer feel uncomfortable.
Quincy Jones said about producing music, “I always say you have to leave space for God to walk into the room.” That’s how Jason feels about the appearance of poetry in text.
The first scene of Boyz ‘n the Hood shows one kid asking another, “Do you want to see a dead body?”
Fresh Ink: An Anthology, edited by Lamar Giles (author of Fake ID and Spin), and Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, edited by Ibi Zoboi (author of American Street, a National Book Award finalist, and Pride) are among the anthologies that Jason thinks are wonderful. He wonders why we’ve moved away from the short story format for younger readers.
The TV show High Maintenance is another example of vignette storytelling that Jason was going for with Look Both Ways
Jason shouts out Jennifer Buehler, Ph.D., Associate Professor at St. Louis University, Educational Studies who specializes in young adult literature
Jason’s friend and co-author of All American Boys, Brendan Keily (author of Tradition, listen to his First Draft episode here), refers to the story under the story as “vertical narrative”
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