Bibliograph

Here in Harlem, poems in many voices, by Walter Dean Myers

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Here in Harlem, poems in many voices, by Walter Dean Myers

Language

eng

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libretto or text

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not applicable

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not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

poetry

Main title

Here in Harlem

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not applicable

Oclc number

515430467

resource.otherEventInformation

Recorded at John Marshall Sound Studios, New York, NY

Responsibility statement

by Walter Dean Myers

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.9, 1.0, 83233.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 6.8, 6, Quiz: 36356, Guided reading level: NR.

Sub title

poems in many voices

Summary

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, etc

Table Of Contents

Clara Brown's testimony, part I -- Mali Evans, 12, student -- Macon R. Allen, 38, deacon -- Henry Johnson, 39, mail carrier -- Willie Arnold, 30, alto sax player -- Terry Smith, 24, unemployed -- Clara Brown's testimony, part II -- Christopher Lomax, 60, retired -- Junice Lomax, 23, unemployed -- Hosea Liburd, 25, laborer -- William Riley Pitts, 42, jazz artist -- J. Milton Brooks, 41, undertaker -- John Reese, 70, ballplayer, janitor -- Eleanor Hayden, 51, nanny -- Tom Fisher, 38, blues singer, livery cabbie -- Dennis Chapman, 40, laborer -- C.C. Castell, 49, on disability -- Reuben Mills, 34, artist -- Jimmy Wall, 14, boy evangelist -- John Lee Graham, 49, street historian -- Willie Schockley, 23, street vendor, guitar player -- Etta Peabody, 60, insurance adjuster -- Delia Pierce, 32, hairdresser -- Clara Brown's testimony, part III -- Lois Smith, 12, student -- Jesse Craig, 38, salesman -- Richmond Leake, 53, newsstand dealer -- Helen Sweetland, 27, party girl -- Joshua De Grosse, 19, student, City College -- Betty Pointing, 64, clerk -- Jonathan Smalls, 29, urban planner -- Adam Crooms, 24, furniture mover -- Clara Brown's testimony, part IV -- Malcolm Jones, 16, student -- Gerry Jones, 14, student -- Mary Ann Robinson, 30, nurse, Harlem Hospital -- Ann Carter, 32/Benjamin Bailey, 32, switchboard operator/building maintenance -- Ernest Scott, 26, poet -- Caroline Fleming, 42, live-in maid -- Effie Black, 58, church organist -- Marcia Williams, 17, high school senior -- Harland Keith, 33, reporter -- Lawrence Hamm, 19, student athlete -- Sam DuPree, 28, hustler -- Clara Brown's testimony, part V -- Didi Taylor, 14, student -- Dana Greene, 18, education major, City College -- Bill Cash, 30, boxer -- William Dandridge, 67, mechanic -- Charles Biner, 57, composer, X-ray technician -- John Brambles, 55, numbers runner -- Homer Grimes, 83, blind veteran -- Frank Griffin, 82, veteran -- Lemuel Burr, 81, veteran -- Clara Brown's testimony, part VI -- Lydia Cruz, 15, student -- Kevin Broderick, 20, pre-law, City College -- Earl Prentiss, 39, motorman -- Clara Brown, 87 retired -- Some people, places, and terms

Target audience

juvenile

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not applicable

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