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Jacqueline Woodson is an American writer known for her concise and poetic style. Her works cover a variety of themes, including race, identity, family, and growth. Born on February 12, 1963, Woodson's writing career began in children's literature and later expanded to adult literature.

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“I feel like I'm a New Yorker to the bone. But there is a lot of the South in me. I know there is a lot of the South in my mannerisms. There's a lot of the South in my expectations of other people and how people treat each other. There's a lot of the South in the way I speak, but it could never be home.”

People Knows Way Feels Home Speak Expectations Treats South Bones New Yorkers Mannerisms

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“I'm not afraid of silence. You know, I'm not afraid to sit in a room and have the conversation drop into silence. I think that's a very southern thing.”

Thinking Knows Rooms Silence Conversation Southern Not Afraid

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“Sometimes, I don't know that words for things, how to write down the feeling of knowing that every dying person leaves something behind.”

Knows Writing Persons Sometimes Feelings Behinds Knowing Dying

Book:Brown Girl Dreaming

Source: Brown Girl Dreaming

“Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.”

Knows Might Age Pain Color Racism

Book:Maizon at Blue Hill

Source: Maizon at Blue Hill

“I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this.”

Thinking Knows Book Boys Female Protagonists Female Protagonists

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“I think that happens for a lot of people, they have this idea that there's only one type of way to write poetry and that you have to have this information. You have to know about meter, you have to know about form, you have to know about iambic pentameter, and all of that.”

People Thinking Knows Way Writing Ideas Happens Form Information Type Meter

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“We do inherently know that poetry is about the way we speak. It's about where we pause, where we drop our words in the middle of a sentence. It's about the rhythm and the cadence of the way we speak. It's about putting that down at the end of the day.”

Knows Way Ends Speak Middle Sentences Rhythm The End Of The Day Poetry Is Pauses Our Words Cadence

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“As a poet who has the tools for interpreting the poem differently, you can begin to deconstruct it. But the human being who's like, "I know about conversation, I know about language, I know about hard times," will approach the poem differently.”

Knows Humans Hard Language Human Beings Poet Conversation Approach Tools Hard Times Interpreting

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“I don't know how women stop being friends with other women.”

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“Mama was always saying I was a brain snob, that I didn't like people who didn't think. I didn't know if that was snobby. Who wanted to walk around explaining everything to people all the time?”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Wanted Walks Brain Explaining Mama Snob Snobby

Book:After Tupac and D Foster

Source: After Tupac and D Foster

“I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay. It's funny how we never know exactly how our life will go It's funny how a dream can fade with the break of day. Time can't erase the memory and time can't bring you home Last Summer was a part of me and now a part is gone. —Margaret”

Ifs Knows Mind Home Dream Today Lasts Memories Break Gone Our Lives Missing Summer Okay Autumn Fades Erase Last Summer

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

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Born: February 12, 1963
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 105

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