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Jacqueline Woodson - 'The Real Thing' (Hardcover)
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Jacqueline Woodson - 'The Real Thing' (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature
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Woodson's seventh grade English teacher returned her first short
story to her with the comment, "You are the real thing." This work
explores how Woodson became "the real thing," why she deserves to
be acknowledged as one of the finest writers for young adults
today, who her literary mentors have been, and how her family
history has helped to shape her as an artist, beginning with the
success of her first novel, Last Summer with Maizon. Its appearance
in 1990 marked Woodson's arrival on the literary scene for young
adults. Over the past decade, Woodson has made a steady
contribution to the field, providing quality literature for both
younger and older adolescents and tackling difficult themes in the
process. Additionally, Woodson has published numerous short
stories, essays and commentaries, a novel for adults, and
children's picture books. In 1994, she compiled A Way Out of No
Way: Writings About Growing Up Black in America, a collection of
excerpts of writers from Baldwin to Bambura. These writers inspired
her as a young reader and continue to be role models for her as she
herself uses the art of writing to provide a "way out of no way"
for other young readers, pointing a "beautiful black finger toward
a holy, holy place" (p. 3). As Woodson has taken an increasing
number of risks with her themes, she has also continued to develop
as an artist. Her body of work makes a distinctive contribution to
the young adult literary world and clearly demonstrates both the
writer's commitment to young adults and her ability to continue to
grow as a writer; this volume includes a critical analysis of how
Woodson's life and work intertwine and of the themes and her own
goals as a writer and artist. As Woodson herself notes," I feel
compelled to write against stereotypes, hoping people will see that
some issues know no color, class, sexuality. . . . I write from the
very depth of who I am, and in this place there are all of my
identities."
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