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"For the past forty-seven years I have devoted most of my time and energy to writing. It has been a vocation in the original sense of the word, that is a religious calling, one I was helpless to deny. For me writing has never been about self-expression. Writing has been about tending the spirit and making real the soul." So says Julius Lester in the introduction to this extraordinary book that combines memoir and social criticism. In strikingly honest, thought-provoking prose, he discusses the aspects of his life that have influenced his writing, including his relationships, political views, and religious beliefs; offers revealing anecdotes of the editorial process; and expresses the absolute importance of story. He also shares photographs he has taken through the years- photos that offer their own moving commentary on his text. This bold, insightful book could only have been written by Julius Lester, a revered author known for his strong voice and clear eye. He won a Newbery Honor for his groundbreaking To Be a Slave, has been a National Book Award finalist and the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, among many other honors, and is a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
This book is autobiographical, philosophical, and academic in nature, as Lester explores his evolution into the writer that he is today, describing the familial, social, racial, religious, and environmental influences that etched the jigsaw of his life. He places a heavy focus on his conversion to and practice of Judaism. Within this ambitious mix, he weaves the cultural characteristics of creative writing and storytelling, speaks to the infinite breadth of the imagination, and explains how his own life stories are integrated into the academic classes he teaches. Ironically, the militant black-power stance that initially ignited his writing has evolved into an intellectually sensitive and enlightened tone. He writes, "To equate identity with race and culture is to deny the power of the imagination which can be the empathic bridge between nations, cultures, and individuals." In retelling "Little Black Sambo" and the "Tales of Uncle Remus," he explains how he assumed the responsibility of carefully distilling offending racism from the stories' revisions while preserving the integrity and creativity of the original works. This title will be well received by educators looking for books detailing the impact of spiritual, multicultural, and ethnic issues in children's literature.-Alison Follos, North Country School, Lake Placid, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
A handful of titles guide teenagers in areas of writing, manners and other complicated topics. Julius Lester, Newbery Honor author of To Be a Slave and a university professor, offers advice, On Writing for Children and Other People. The volume begins with a chronicle of Lester's early days, his first awareness of prejudice, then segues into an impassioned argument for the importance of stories, as a way of defining oneself and seeing the world, and gives tips to aspiring writers. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
Author of the Newbery Honor-winning To Be a Slave (1968) and many other fine works--sometimes funny, sometimes forceful, always thought-provoking--Lester tells his own story here. Born in St. Louis and raised in Kansas City and Nashville, he learned the lessons his father taught him about living in the segregated South and got involved in the civil-rights movement in Mississippi. The terrorism and racial assault he experienced were balanced by a family and community intent on his becoming "someBODY." The strength of this volume, beyond the insights gained about the author, is in the passion for stories evident throughout--stories we hear, stories we tell, and stories we live. As he says, "Story makes us more human to each other." Older readers, teachers, librarians, and parents who are passionate about connecting books and children will find much support and food for thought here. A must for anyone who lives a life immersed in books and stories. (Nonfiction. YA, adult) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 9-12. The author of the classic Newbery Honor Book To Be a Slave (1968) says that he found his subject as a writer in the place where he had been most deeply wounded: Lester is the name of the family that owned us. Weaving together bits of family history, autobiography, and literary criticism, he clearly draws on past essays and speeches he has given to adult audiences. He sometimes gets boring, especially when he generalizes about his sacred trust as a writer. It is the personal particulars--remembering segregation or his conversion to Judaism--that will hold older readers and move them to write about themselves. His chapters on folklore are the best, especially those about his retellings of the Uncle Remus stories and what trickster tales mean: why we love them, and why he feels free to put Brer Rabbit in Adidas sneakers or set him down in a shopping mall. Writing classes will want this. --Hazel Rochman Copyright 2004 Booklist