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I used to be so angry about the kids that had stuff. Like the kids that had cars, the kids that had money to go…

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My chest got this weird feeling, like when you stare into the eyes of a little baby and the baby looks back…
The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this…
I was really drawn to spoken-word style poetry. I loved the rhythms, and for some reason, I was just drawn to this…
I guess I don't really know what I want to do, either. Sometimes I feel like a shook-up bottle of soda. Like,…
When I'm following what a character does in a book I don't have to think about my own life. Where I am.…
But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right…
People always think there's this huge hundred-foot-high barrier that separates doing good from doing bad. But there's not. There's nothing. There's not…
But mostly I remember every morning before school. How she'd say "Hey, honey!" just I was walking out the apartment door. And…
Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story…
When I was young, I grew up in a family of working-class people. Not just my parents, but my extended family, as…
In all of my books, I really want to work with working-class people. My goal is to show the moments of grace…
I used to be so angry about the kids that had stuff. Like the kids that had cars, the kids that had…

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