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About Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson's memoir BROWN GIRL DREAMING won the 2014 National Book Award and was a NY Times Bestseller. Her novel, ANOTHER BROOKLYN, was a National Book Award finalist and an Indie Pick in 2016. Among her many awards, she the recipient of the Kurt Vonnegut Award, four Newbery Honors, two Coretta Scott King Award, and the Langston Hughes Medal. Jacqueline is the author of nearly thirty books for young people and adults including EACH KINDNESS, IF YOU COME SOFTLY, LOCOMOTION and I HADN'T MEANT TO TELL YOU THIS. She served as Young People's Poet Laureate from 2014-2016, was a fellow at The American Library in Paris, occasionally writes for the New York Times, is currently working on more books and like so many writers - lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.
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Soonie's great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways -- maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on this knowledge. And generations later, Soonie -- who was born free -- taught her own daughter how to sew beautiful quilts to be sold at market and how to read.
From slavery to freedom, through segregation, freedom marches and the fight for literacy, the tradition they called Show Way has been passed down by the women in Jacqueline Woodson's family as a way to remember the past and celebrate the possibilities of the future. Beautifully rendered in Hudson Talbott's luminous art, this moving, lyrical account pays tribute to women whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters' lives.
Cuando hace tanto calor como para hacer estallar los hidrantes, eso solo significa una cosa: ¡por fin llegó el verano! Liberados de la escuela y disfrutando de su libertad, los niños de una cuadra de Brooklyn hacen de las calles su patio de recreo. Desde la mañana hasta la noche, crean su propia diversión, dejan volar su imaginación y aprenden a trabajar y jugar juntos. Es un mundo donde todo es posible... al menos hasta que sus madres los llamen a casa para cenar. Pero no hay que preocuparse: saben que siempre hay un mañana para volver a hacerlo, porque la calle les pertenece y ellos gobiernan en su mundo.
Rebosante de energía, el texto rítmico y las vívidas ilustraciones de Jacqueline Woodson y Leo Espinosa capturan gloriosamente la alegría y la libertad del verano, así como el crecimiento que conlleva la independencia.
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¿Qué significa crecer en dos lugares y no pertenecer completamente a ninguno? Jacqueline Woodson creció entre Carolina del Sur y Nueva York y siempre se sintió a medias en ambos. Estos poemas, conmovedores y poderosos, lo reflejan; así como reflejan la experiencia de ser una niña afroamericana en las décadas de 1960 y 1970, de una infancia vivida entre los residuos de las leyes de Jim Crow, de su aprendizaje constante sobre el movimiento de derechos civiles. Cada verso es una mirada al alma de alguien que, desde muy pequeña, busca su lugar en el mundo.
Tal vez lo encontró en su propia voz al escribir. La elocuente poesía de Woodson es tambiénuna celebración de la escritura pues, a pesar de que tuvo dificultades con la lectura cuando era niña, su amor por las historias inspiró las primeras chispas de la talentosa escritora que es hoy. Este libro es resultado de eso. Es el universo de una niña morena que, contra todo y contra todos, se atrevió a soñar.
»Woodsons Prosa beschwört Toni Morrison herauf.« People
Mit sechzehn stellt Melody ihre Mutter zur Rede. Klagt sie an, weil Iris als Teenager mit ihr schwanger wurde. Weil Iris sie wollte und dann auch wieder nicht. Weil Iris aufs College ging, während Melodys Vater bei den Großeltern einzog.
»Alles glänzt« fängt facettenreich ein, was Identität, Begehren, Ambition und sozialer Status für eine Familie bedeuten, in der die Gräuel der Sklaverei bis in die Gegenwart fortwirken. Selten wurde so lyrisch und leicht, so eindringlich und versöhnlich erzählt, was es heißt, in der Geschichte verwurzelt zu sein – und sich am Ende wie Melody aus ihr zu erheben.
»›Alles glänzt‹ ist ein spektakulärer Roman, wie nur eine Legende ihn bewältigen kann.« Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic
»Ein wirklich magisches Buch. Woodson gehört zu den wenigen Schriftstellerinnen, die einem das Gefühl geben, dass man alles schaffen kann – und darum alles versuchen sollte.« Ocean Vuong
»Jacqueline Woodsons Blick ist absolut originell, ihre Stimme absolut einzigartig.« Ann Patchett
»›Alles glänzt‹ wird flankiert von Tragödien, aber es wird nicht durch sie bestimmt. … Woodson gleitet anmutig durch die Generationen und ihre Geschichten, sie tanzt zu der Musik der Zeit.« Times Literary Supplement
»Diese ergreifende Geschichte über Entscheidungen und ihre Konsequenzen, über Geschichte und Erbe wird Mütter wie Töchter gleichermaßen berühren.« Tayari Jones, O: The Oprah Magazine
»Ein scharf geschliffenes Juwel.« Sunday Times
Déroulant l’histoire de Melody, de son père, d’Iris et de ses parents – du massacre de Tulsa en 1921 au 11 septembre 2001 – pour comprendre comment ils en sont arrivés là, Jacqueline Woodson reconstitue non seulement leurs ambitions et leur fureur de vivre, mais aussi le prix qu’ils ont payé pour échapper à leur destin si profondément façonné par des décennies de racisme. En explorant le désir et l’identité sexuels, la maternité, l’éducation, la classe et le statut social, De feu et d’or décrit de façon magistrale la manière dont les jeunes doivent si souvent prendre des décisions irrévocables pour leur futur – avant même de savoir qui ils sont et ce qu’ils veulent devenir. Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Sylvie Schneiter
In this transportive memoir, the National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming traces the relationships in her past that would eventually deliver her to the love of a lifetime.
Before Jacqueline Woodson met Juliet, before her own self-realization, there were decades of friends, lovers, and family who defined the woman she’d become. In this haunting story of memory and identity, Jacqueline shares the profound impact they had on bending the path of her life; how they informed the dreams of her future; and how each one—some lost, all loved—would bring her to Juliet, her one and only.
Jacqueline Woodson’s Before Her is part of The One, a collection of seven singularly true love stories of friendship, companionship, marriage, and moving on. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single sitting, with or without company.
Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Sylvie Schneiter
CJ just blew the half-mile relay for his track team, but the race on his mind is the one that's happening off the field in this short story from all-star author Jacqueline Woodson.
This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Feni is furious when she finds out that her mother has agreed to take a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl into their home until her baby is born. What kind of girl would let herself get into so much trouble? How can Feni live under the same roof as someone like that? Her worst fears are confirmed when Rebecca arrives: she is mean, bossy, and uneducated. Feni decided she will have nothing to do with her. But it’s hard not to be curious about a girl so close to her own age who seems so different…
Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it's hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lot--they're about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him she's gay, his world is turned upside down. And if that weren't hard enough for him to accept, her girlfriend is white. Melanin Sun is angry and scared. How can his mom do this to him--is this the end of their closeness? What will his friends think? And can he let her girlfriend be part of their family?