Show way

Show way by Jacqueline Woodson is a 2005 Society & Culture book written by TED speaker Jacqueline Woodson, paired here with the talk they gave.

The pairing

  • Paired talk: "What reading slowly taught me about writing" (2019), 3.2M views on TED.com
  • Timing: Published 14 years before the talk.
  • In the catalogue: The 7th of 10 books by Jacqueline Woodson on Books Worth Reading (1994–2018), by publication year.
  • Edition: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005

The paired TED talk

What reading slowly taught me about writing (2019), the TED talk by Jacqueline Woodson.

From the publisher

The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.

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