My Walter Dean Myers Memory :-)
There is a very, very powerful SoryCorps up with Walter Dean Myers and his son, Christopher.
You can listen here: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/17/137223046/a-writer-and-his-father-and-a-barrier-between-us
I was lucky enough to meet Walter Dean Myers a few years ago at NCTE/ALAN.
Here is what I said about that encounter:
During my signing at Anderson's, I sat next to Walter Dean Myers. For a solid hour I listened to teacher after teacher tell him how his books saved their students. Inspired them. Turned them into readers. He was kind enough to turn to me when it was all over and hold out his hand. I told him what a gift it was to be able to hear all those stories. And he said to me, "You keep writing and in 25-30 years, you'll hear the same ones."
You can read the entire entry here: http://jbknowles.livejournal.com/350422.html
That time, sitting next to such a great man and listening to teacher after teacher thank him for helping change lives—helping save lives—is one I will never forget.
Thank you, Mr. Myers.
You can listen here: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/17/137223046/a-writer-and-his-father-and-a-barrier-between-us
I was lucky enough to meet Walter Dean Myers a few years ago at NCTE/ALAN.
Here is what I said about that encounter:
During my signing at Anderson's, I sat next to Walter Dean Myers. For a solid hour I listened to teacher after teacher tell him how his books saved their students. Inspired them. Turned them into readers. He was kind enough to turn to me when it was all over and hold out his hand. I told him what a gift it was to be able to hear all those stories. And he said to me, "You keep writing and in 25-30 years, you'll hear the same ones."
You can read the entire entry here: http://jbknowles.livejournal.com/350422.html
That time, sitting next to such a great man and listening to teacher after teacher thank him for helping change lives—helping save lives—is one I will never forget.
Thank you, Mr. Myers.
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