The house you pass on the way
The house you pass on the way by Jacqueline Woodson is a 1997 Society & Culture book written by TED speaker Jacqueline Woodson, paired here with the talk they gave.
Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She's always been different--set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bombing, by her parents' interracial marriage, and by her family's retreat from the world. This summer she has a new reason to feel set apart--her confused longing for her friend Hazel. When cousin Trout comes to stay, she gives Staggerlee a first glimpse of her possible future selves and the world beyond childhood.
The paired TED talk
What reading slowly taught me about writing (2019), the TED talk by Jacqueline Woodson.
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