Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Here in Harlem : poems in many voices / written by Walter Dean Myers. - 1st ed. - New York : Holiday House, c2004. - viii, 88 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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.



0823418537 (hardcover)

2003067605


African Americans--Poetry.
Young adult poetry, American.
American poetry.


Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Poetry.

PS3563.Y48 / H47 2004

811/.54