What inspired Jason Reynolds to write?
What inspired Jason Reynolds to write?
At nine years old, Reynolds was inspired by Queen Latifah’s third album, Black Reign, to start writing poetry. Outside of her rap, few literary works spoke to his experience of urban life growing up as a black child and then teenager in the 1980s and 1990s, and he didn’t start reading books until he was 17.
What is Jason Reynolds most known for?
Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of many award-winning books, including Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, All American Boys (with Brendan Kiely), Long Way Down, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (with Ibram X.
When did Jason Reynolds start writing?
Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in neighboring Oxon Hill, Maryland, Reynolds found inspiration in rap and began writing poetry at 9 years old.
