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| An encounter at a party was the next important turning point for the authorAn editor who had enjoyed one of Myerss short stories but thought it was the opening of a novel asked him how the story continuedMyers made it up right there at the partyThat novel Fast Sam Cool Clyde and Stuff was the first of the many young adult novels that have made Myers so popularMany of Myerss books have awards including Somewhere in the Darkness and Now Is Your Time! The AfricanAmerican Struggle for dom Most of Myerss novels deal with the lives of African Americans living in cities and many are set in the Harlem the author knows so wellMyers has tried to show the variety of people and experiences in these communitiesMany of his novels such as The Glory Field address the tough problems of lifeAccording to the author [What I want to do with my writing is make the connection�reach out and touch the lives of my characters and share them with a readerFor many readers as for the reviewer above the attraction of | Then debate the wisdom of Ediths choiceWhat are the possible consequences of her decision What might have happened if Edith had notified the authorities do you think Use evidence from the novel and from your own knowledge to support your opinion of Ediths decisionInternet Connection In this section of the novel Ediths father disappears and Phyllisias mother reveals that she has cancer and later diesUse the Internet to identify groups and organizations that might help Edith and Phyllisia cope with the consequences of these lifechanging eventsTry to find a site with valid information about state or foster care that could help Edith make the best decision for her familyLook for groups that counsel ren and families of cancer patients that could help Phyllisia deal with her fears and her griefDid You Know In chapter Phyllisia says she would rather stay home and read Native Son than go to a partyRic Wrights novel tells the compelling story of Bigger Thomas a poor African American who is arrested for the accidental murder of a white girl and the intentional murder of his own girlfriendWhile Bigger sits in jail he becomes keenly | alter Dean Myers was born in and grew up mostly in the Harlem neighborhood of New York CityHe moved there as a young after his mothers to live with Herbert and Florence Dean whom he calls his foster parentsThe Harlem of Myerss hood was a closeknit community with a strong church presence many artists and an abundance of working familiesHis foster mother taught him to read at the age of four and soon he was reading the daily newspaper to herI sensed a connection between myself and the worlds I read about in books said MyersWhen he was ten or elevenyearsold he began to write fiction filling up notebooks with his storiesAlthough Myers several writing contests during high school family members did not take his writing seriously because they did not consider writing to be a real jobWMyerss teenage years like those of the main characters in The Glory Field contained an important turning pointHe began to feel during high school that his career choices were defined not so much by his abilities as by his familys finances and by his raceHe saw few opportunities for an African American male who was good at writingAs Myers faced this moment of compromise he became angryHe left school to join the army though years later he did complete collegeAfter the army Myers worked at a series of jobs to keep a roof over his headHe married and had two renHe also committed himself to a writing career writing every day and trying to get publishedMyers got his big break in when his book Where Does the Day Go a contest for African American writersKEN |
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