![]() Welcome to one of my cooler segments of #twitterviews. There are a lot of things to celebrate about Jason Reynolds. His two novels, When I Was the Greatest and The Boy in the Black Suit, give the YA genre fresh looks at both friendship and grief (in a genre where we thought those might have been all used up). He is also a black writer humanizing urban like in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, in a way that strips down stereotypes. But what I like? The guy doesn't write boring books. He has come onto the YA scene like an explosion of new and different. Question 1: If YA had its version of slam poetry, who's on your team?Question 2: What elevates a book from boring to bad ass?Question 3: Have you had a moment in your own life similar to the basement scene with Mr. Ray in The Boy in the Black Suit?Question 4: How can we increase diversity in classroom literature?Question 5: As a well-dressed writer, do you have advise for the sad state of fashion witnessed in most of the rest of us?![]() The latest from Jason Reynolds is The Boy in the Black Suit, a novel about grief and growth and not so much "coming-of-age" as it is about becoming human and coping with life. It's a quick read and definitely worth a look. And Jason Reynolds is one to keep on your radar. "My whole life is a game of I Declare War... I NEVER intended on being a novelist. NEVER." --Jason Reynolds
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