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Jason Reynolds: The Antidote To Hopelessness

TED Radio Hour

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My First Book Is Poems

i wasn't good at this in school. My first book is poetry. I don't know if i had the chops for this, you know. But i remember what my first editor, joanna cotler, who meant toward me im through process of that first book,. She told me one day that i would write stories. And so i sat down and tried to write a story, am i and just trust myself, shooting from the hip the whole time. And it became when i was the greatest. On a caretoscot king, john step toe award for new talentk, that was your first major award. When he's telling me this, he's like, yours

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