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From: Boagjohns at aol.com <Boagjohns>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:09:52 EST
I did not have the opportunity to meet Gwendolyn Brooks, but an unforgettable memory - I shared her Bronzeville Boys and Girls with some 4th grade youngsters in an alleged school of "disavantaged" children. We read several pieces, and on the spur of the moment I asked which one appealed to each one the most. It was almost unanimous that they wanted me to read again and again
"John who was Poor." I did not ask why - I would not ask why - but after all these years I have never forgotten the choice.
Henrietta M. Smith
Received on Mon 04 Dec 2000 08:09:52 PM CST
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:09:52 EST
I did not have the opportunity to meet Gwendolyn Brooks, but an unforgettable memory - I shared her Bronzeville Boys and Girls with some 4th grade youngsters in an alleged school of "disavantaged" children. We read several pieces, and on the spur of the moment I asked which one appealed to each one the most. It was almost unanimous that they wanted me to read again and again
"John who was Poor." I did not ask why - I would not ask why - but after all these years I have never forgotten the choice.
Henrietta M. Smith
Received on Mon 04 Dec 2000 08:09:52 PM CST
