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Jacqueline Woodson

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The hardest part is telling one’s story. Once the story is on the page, the rest will come.

Jacqueline Woodson

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I would have written ‘Brown Girl Dreaming’ if no one had ever wanted to buy it, if it went nowhere but inside a desk drawer that my own children pulled out one day to find a tool for survival, a symbol of how strong we are and how much we’ve come through.

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I feel like, as a person of color, I’ve always been kind of doing the work against the tide.

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May 2, 2024

I feel like, as a person of color, I’ve always been kind of doing the work against the tide.

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May 2, 2024

I would have written ‘Brown Girl Dreaming’ if no one had ever wanted to buy it, if it went nowhere but inside a desk drawer that my own children pulled out one day to find a tool for survival, a symbol of how strong we are and how much we’ve come through.

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