Paint me like I am : teen poems / from WritersCorps ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni.

Other author WritersCorps.
Format Book
Edition1st HarperTempest ed.
Publication InfoNew York : HarperTempest, 2003.
Descriptionxi, 128 pages ; 18 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Teenagers' writings, American.
Teenagers--Poetry.

Contents Artists -- Friendship -- I too am America -- Why I write poetry -- As we sit here -- Furious -- Tree that's in front of my house.
Abstract Today my name is colorful. Yesterday my name was dead souls. Tomorrow my name will be lively spirits. My friends think my name is fire. The police think my name is burden. My parents think my name is symphony. Secretly I know my name is anything I want it to be. Paint Me Like I Am is a collection of poems by teens who have taken part in writing programs run by a national nonprofit organization called WritersCorps. To read the words of these young people is to hear the diverse voices of teenagers everywhere. Included are a foreward by acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni, an essay from Kevin Powell, another poet associated with WritersCorps, and writing tips from WritersCorps instructors. WritersCorps was started in 1994 to help at-risk youth in three American urban centers: San Francisco, Washington, DC, and New York City (the Bronx). Thousands of children and teenagers have since benefited from finding creative expression through writing.
LCCN 2002005942
ISBN0064472647 (pbk)
ISBN9780064472647 (pbk)
ISBN0060292881 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN9780060292881 (lib. bdg.)

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 811 P1661 ✔ Available Place Hold