Jason Reynolds

After seeing a 15-year-old Will shooting his brother Sean on the street, he began to do what he expected: rules not to cry, not to shoot secretly, to take revenge

An African-American teenager never gave it, but when his wife left his apartment, his brother's gun was hiding in his belt. When I got off the elevator, the door opened at one floor, Will faced a different character from the past, but everyone was a victim of gun violence and everyone was a key person in his life. They also forced Will to face his question about his plan. All "ghosts" speak, Will realize how much of his own story is unknown to him and how complex it is. In free poetry, this is the original, powerful and emotional description of urban violence. The structure of the novel increases tension as any stop of the elevator brings in new challenges until the story reaches its tight, vague end. There are fairly symbolic meanings including 15 bullets in the gun and a way to decide the rules of the street along which the elevator runs side by side. Reynolds skillfully textures texture to support. Throughout the process, readers can cope with the environment in will and his life clearly understand the people struggling to express love, uncertainty and hope shared by all human beings I can do it.

Jason Reynolds is home to children's and teenage adult books. His middle track series has made Reynolds the top ranking in recent years, but he is not a stranger. All American Reynolds boys are still favorites of young adult teachers and librarians, and his work in low income schools and children with the highest security prisons are unparalleled. What I'd like to say is that Jason Reynolds "gains" the children and writes them in a bright, generous, never-ending way.

In 2015, I first met Jason Reynolds and celebrated the death of Walter Dean Myers in Symphony Space. On the evening of a celebration sponsored by my son Christopher, we heard the voices of a series of influenced writers and musicians knowing Miles' large-scale works. In the middle of the night, a black man in a black statue sang a poem with the name Miles. His words resonated across the dark space. This is Jason Reynolds. Jason's poetry and communication are his characteristics. Prospering, powerful, and targeted, each word was carefully chosen to gain influence. Two years after the article was published, this voice made him one of the most valuable contemporary writers in young literature. His style, delivery and professional ethics also made him the finalists of the four best-selling national book awards from the winners and winners of many Coreta Scott King Prizes and the New York Times. His latest best-selling "Long Way Down" is also a novel, also included in the National Book Awards.

In February of this year, in collaboration with PEN America and Strand Book Store, I joined the best-selling author Jason Reynolds and the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Greg Pardlo and started the PEN Out Loud conference in 2018. In a frank dialogue between writers and writers, they are representative, contemporary and hopeful to discuss crafts, ask questions about each other's work, celebrate, and provide insights about their relationships Discuss the importance of literary classics with. Poetry and prose as expression