What is Jacqueline Woodson doing now?

What is Jacqueline Woodson doing now?

Now She’s Writing for Herself. The award-winning author on her mission to diversify publishing — and why she turned back to adult readers with her new novel, “Red at the Bone.”

Is Jacqueline Woodson still a Jehovah Witness?

Woodson’s story includes being raised a Jehovah’s Witness, although she’s not practicing now. She also says she remembers clearly when she came out to her family. But even though they were religious, her family didn’t disown her, she says. “That kind of choice was not an option,” Woodson says.

Is Jacqueline Woodson African-American?

Just after Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir “Brown Girl Dreaming” won the 2014 National Book Award for young people’s literature, Daniel Handler — aka Lemony Snicket — took the stage and joked how odd it was that Ms. Woodson, an African-American, was allergic to watermelons.

Is Brown Girl Dreaming a banned book?

Jacqueline Woodson, author of Brown Girl Dreaming, recently made the banned books list. Admittedly, she has pulled books from her own children’s shelves, but acknowledges that many times the child is of age to handle the material and yet, out of fear, the parent is the one who isn’t ready.

What is the message of Brown Girl Dreaming?

Racism, Activism, and the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. Brown Girl Dreaming focuses on the experience of growing up as an African-American child during the 1960s and early 1970s, a period of intense energy and organization surrounding questions of race and racial justice.

How did Lying help Jacqueline Woodson writing?

A lie on the page meant lots of independent time to create your stories and the freedom to sit hunched over the pages of your notebook without people thinking you were strange.

Who is Jacqueline Woodson and what is she famous for?

Jacqueline Woodson born February 12, 1963 is an American writer of books for children and adolescents.

Where does Jacqueline Woodson live in New York City?

Personal life. Woodson lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her partner Juliet Widoff, a physician. The couple have two children, a daughter named Toshi Georgianna and a son named Jackson-Leroi.

What are the names of Jacqueline Woodson’s children?

Her novel Miracle’s Boys was adapted into a six-part miniseries directed by Spike Lee, LaVar Burton and others in 2002. She has a daughter named Toshi Georgianna and a son named Jackson-Lero. She has cited the work of novelist Toni Morrison as a key influence.

What was the other side by Jacqueline Woodson about?

The Other Side is a poetic look at race through two young girls, one black and one white, who sit on either side of the fence that separates their worlds. In November 2014, Daniel Handler, the master of ceremonies at the National Book Awards, made a joke about watermelons when Woodson received an award.