Kwame Alexander Quotes

• You can't have a dream come true if you don't have a dream. You can't write a book if you don't write.

  Kwame Alexander

  Dream, Book, Writing

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• That’s all you really hope for from a book – that it’s going to resonate with young people and empower them in some way. I believe poetry can get kids reading.

  Kwame Alexander

  Believe, Book, Reading

  "Kwame Alexander Q&A: Poetry Provides Possibilities". Interview with Marissa Wasseluk, firstbook.org. March 10, 2015.

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• There are places and spaces for black writers to write about race as a central thing. It's important. We're still dealing with the remnants of slavery. We're still dealing with racism on a daily basis. For me, I choose to write books about black people where we are normal. I was raised to believe that I deserve to be in a room just like anybody else. I try to write books like that.

  Kwame Alexander

  Book, Believe, Writing

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• We expect kids to go straight from Shel Silverstein to William Shakespeare. There needs to be a bridge of relatable, fun, rhythmic verse that gets kids to cross over, so to speak, so they can appreciate Mary Oliver and Naomi Shihab Nye and Langston Hughes.

  Kwame Alexander

  Fun, Kids, Appreciate

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• If your father, who is known for carrying around a belt, told you to read a book, you went and did it. I've never spanked my kid - I think because in my household you were afraid. If you did something wrong and got caught, you were getting spanked.

  Kwame Alexander

  Father, Book, Kids

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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