By eight, I was leading a dual life. I played in the streets all day, and at night I would come home and spend a lot of time with stories. It was my very special world. As time went on, the stories stayed in my mind. They were with me like secret friends and would pop up in the oddest places. In the middle of a stickball game, for example, or on a tree-climbing expedition.
The Work To Be Done event, a celebration of literary icon Walter Dean Myers, was organized by his son Christopher Myers and held at Symphony Space in uptown Manhattan on March 8th. Not only were kind words said about Walter and the inspiration he had on others but how his work extends to a whole community that didn’t see themselves.
"My father told me his voice saved him, that his writing saved him," said Christopher. And in many ways his work has saved many others. Thank you Walter Dean Myers for all you’ve done and contributed through your writing and presence. And thanks to Christopher and everyone who participated and attended for a wonderful day to remember Walter.
(photos from top to bottom: Photo of Walter Dean Myers; Christopher Myers; Jason Reynolds; Eisa Davis; Jacqueline Woodson; Helga Davis; Brian Selznick; WNDB team member Jennifer Baker, Christopher Myers, and WNDB team member Dhonielle Clayton.)
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