"Up The Street Around the Corner is snapshots of the big picture--mug shots of racism and poverty snapped by a man who's lived them both. These stories are short but they say so much--like squeezing a ship into a bottle and then watching it expand to full size. Cory Besskepp Cofer is a major literary voice for the 21st century..."
--Lee Ballinger,
West Coast Editor, Rock & Rap Confidential
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“Cory Besskepp Cofer’s Up the Street Around the Corner only further exemplifies his ability to make readers feel like they are welcomed participants in his stories. This book demonstrates adept writing fluidity as Besskepp successfully incorporates different writing styles including prose, spoken word, and even simply emboldened text—words that jump off the page at the perfect moment to set a mood or background and are as effective as paintbrushes in creating a picture or setting that immerse readers in the scents, sounds, and tastes of the author’s childhood. You can just taste the garlic chicken! Up the Street Around the Corner is truly a show and tell to beat all. Not once, but twice did I ward off sleep to be taken under by the book’s spell.”
“Nicole Klaymoon’s illustrations also provide an incredible narrative face to the book’s text. I found myself wanting to trace each sketched line with my finger to find out where they led and how they all connected to the story. “
--Anne Knight,
Digress Magazine
“Cory Besskepp Cofer is a writer whose ink is the blood of our times, who's voice moves sweetly through a room, then rumbles to the core of our being with truths, stories, challenges. I'd read this book and then look for Besskepp's work wherever you can."
-- Luis Rodriguez,
poet and writer, author of Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in LA.
If ya seen the videos and/or heard this stuff live then you know we spit fire!!! So this Saturday I better see you there at our 2009 competition to go to Chicago and represent fo Cali khuz it's gon be Dope...all the info is on the flyer and everyone and anyone is invited so tell your friend, yo friend's friends and their moms, SPREAD THE WORD...then lead by example!
The OC Public Libraries’ 8th Annual Teen Poetry and Art Contest for teens between the ages of 12-18 will run from Monday, February 9 through March 14. Teens may submit an original poem and/or drawing to the contest. The winning poems at each branch library will be included in Voices in Verse, an anthology published by OC Public Libraries. Winning artwork will become the front and back cover designs of the book.
For more information about these and other library programs, visit the OC Public Libraries website at www. ocpl. org.
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