Hey All,
New book: Feathers now availableSo I’ve finally gotten around to updating my website—a place where you’ll find out lots of stuff about me. Click and find out how I started writing or where I do most of my writing. Click and find out the titles of some of my books or where to get them. You want to know who my daughter is named after? What my favorite food is? It’s in here?
A sneak peek at what I’m working on:
Dear Lily,
I can’t write a real lot tonight. We got news that Lawrence is missing from the war. Something bad happened and nobody knows where he’s at. Miss Edna’s been praying all day and Rodney’s been on the phone trying to get some information. Then Rodney went over to Miss Shore’s house because she’s got a computer and sometimes Lawrence be sending emails for Miss Edna over there. But then Rodney came back and he wasn’t holding any paper. He said Miss Shore didn’t have any news, Mama. Miss Edna sat down real hard on the couch and let out real deep, shaky breaths. Rodney sat down beside her and put his arm around her shoulder. He kept saying It’s gonna be all right, Mama. Everything’s gonna be all right. I said that maybe we should turn on the news and Rodney thought that was a good idea. I turned on the television and sat down on the other side of Miss Edna and held her hand. She kept saying over and over – Lord, please bring my baby back home. We watched the CNN channel which has news all the time. The newscaster lady kept talking about insurgents and a car bomb and missing soldiers. I waited to see Lawrence’s face on the screen. For some reason, I thought I’d see him there smiling and holding those rabbit ears up behind someone’s head – but it didn’t happen. Miss Edna finally got up and went into her room. I made me and Rodney some peanut butter sandwiches and we turned the news off and just sat there for a while, chewing and not saying nothing. Rodney said that his Mama was probably in her room praying and I asked what he thought we should be praying for.
“Peace, Man,” he said. “Pray for peace.”—from Peace, Locomotion Coming Spring 2009
It’s wild to think that people all over the country and all around the world are reading my books! Click to find out some of the languages my books are published in. And if you want to know some of the awards I’ve won, that info is here too.
Some of you I’ve met before and some of you I hope to meet one day. But until then, here’s the place to get your questions answered, see what I kinda look like, learn about my writing and get a taste of Brooklyn, New York!!!
Welcome to my world. Enjoy it.
—Jacqueline Woodson