Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices (Bank Street College of Education Claudia Lewis Award (Awards))

by Walter Dean Myers

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These fifty-four poems, all in different voices but written by one hand, do sing. They make a joyful noise as the author honors the people-the nurses, students, soldiers, and ministers-of his beloved hometown, Harlem. Worship with Deacon Allen, who loves "a shouting church," and study with Lois Smith, who wants "a school named after me." Don't get taken by Sweet Sam DuPree, who "conned a shark right outta his fin." And never turn your back on Delia Pierce, who claims she "ain't the kind to talk behind nobody's back" while doing precisely that-with panache. Inspired by Edgar Lee Masters's classic Spoon River Anthology, Walter Dean Myers celebrates the voices and aspirations of the residents of another American town, one that lies between two rivers on the north side of an island called Manhattan.

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Here in Harlem, 2007-10-26
This book made me laugh and cry. I read it in one setting, it pulled me in immediately. It has the substance that one hopes to find in poetry. What ever your ethnic background the eclectic voices will touch your heart. C. Fields

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