#anotherbrooklyn

Encouraged to check this out via the “One Book” competition. A succinct and exquisite time capsule of Bushwick in the late 70s, this novel highlights four young black girls as they experience not only “growing up ‘Girl’” but also the sometimes devastating effects of white flight. Lyrical, heartbreaking, and funny; Woodson struck gold. #anotherbrooklyn #jacquelinewoodson #bookreview #igreads #bookstagram @bklynlibrary (at Bushwick, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/BykgapbJEJ3V0-74JFttQnYDqPAEwOw_3_TiRc0/?igshid=pxseajyzeiaj

The fabulous Jacqueline Woods on, author of many beautiful stories shared her novel Another Brooklyn with us. What a great, lyrical and honest read. She inspired us not only to run out and get her other books, but to explore more books to satisfy our hunger National Book Foundation's Raising Readers program is in full effect. #jacquelinewoodard #anotherbrooklyn #raisingreaders #nbf #sportsandartsfoundation (at Ps 134 George F Bristow) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTF9VKnWLA/?igshid=1l6kqt3oyyl4t

The fabulous Jacqueline Woods on, author of many beautiful stories shared her novel Another Brooklyn with us. What a great, lyrical and honest read. She inspired us not only to run out and get her other books, but to explore more books to satisfy our hunger National Book Foundation's Raising Readers program is in full effect. #jacquelinewoodard #anotherbrooklyn #raisingreaders #nbf #sportsandartsfoundation (at Ps 134 George F Bristow) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTF3XeHHJy/?igshid=1ln3a010zufrc

So excited to talk #AnotherBrooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson this Saturday! . . . #bookclubs #bookonbooksonbooks #read #bookstagram #booklover #books #readers #readersofinstagram #readharder #blackwomenwriters #WOCwriters #literaryarts #community #kitchentablelit #QWOCwriters #ReadMore #BookClub #woodsonmuseum https://www.instagram.com/p/BvkXYqDHN0P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zsdri2sobdri

Some people know how to write as if everything is fact, and fiction is swept into the sewer opening right before the big storm. The body parts attach themselves to each word or is it the other way around? Are friendships measured in arms and love measured in heaves of the chest? that’s the way words flow and fact boils. It is just the way it is, the way they walked through the streets, the way she thought of her mother, the way the sunlight watered down the coffee before it even steamed the sides. This is what, is. And everything else, is not.

lil beach vacation throwback 🌊📖 . . i srsly looooved these books (#AnotherBrooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson & #MyOxfordYear by Julia Whelan) 💙 have you read them yet??

One Book Report by Mysterious Traveler All Stars at Shakespeare Memorial Park Philly w/ @philajazzproject & @freelibrary / @freelibrarymusic celebrating the music of the avant garde referenced in @jacqueline_woodson #AnotherBrooklyn #phillyjazz (at Free Library of Philadelphia)

Poetic and touching. I read it in one sitting but it is going to be with me for awhile. Recommended. #anotherbrooklyn #novel #growingupinbrooklyn @quimbysbookstorenyc #brooklynbookstore #williamsburgbrooklyn (at Quimby's Bookstore NYC)