True notebooks
By: Mark Salzman.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780375727610
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents' writings, American -- California -- Los Angeles; Creative writing -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles; Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Los Angeles
Description: Mark Salzman chronicles his first years teaching at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles's most violent teenage offenders, discussing what his students taught him about life.
Notes: First published in hardcover: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Table of contents: title: Somebody; title: Just say no; title: Gentlemen; title: Trip to the museum; title: Collision; title: Here I am; title: Lockdown; title: Dream state; title: Arcana; title: Prisoner or pumpkin; title: Feeling special; title: Mother's day; title: Played; title: Day of creation; title: Busted; title: Happy birthday; title: Family life; title: Two-face; title: Send in the clowns; title: Buster; title: No mercy walls; title: Window tappers; title: Man I was supposed to be; title: Thanks, hate; title: Father's day; title: Letter; title: Dear friend.