Here in Harlem
Subtitle: Poems in Many Voices
By: written by Walter Dean Myers.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: October 1, 2004
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: African Americans -- Poetry; Young adult poetry, American; African Americans -- Poetry; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Poetry; American poetry; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry.
Description: Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball players, teachers, mail carriers, jazz artists, maids, veterans, nannies, students, and more. Exhilarating and electric, these poems capture the energy and resilience of a neighborhood and a people.