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Written and illustrated by Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin
Hardcover edition
Publisher Simon & Schuster Imprint Atheneum ISBN9781534478237
My Name Is Jason. Mine Too
Once upon a time in America, there were two Jasons. Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey in mind: to move to New York, the city of dreams, to make their own dreams come true. Willing to have a life not un-hard, so long as it wasn’t unhappy. Willing to let the city swallow them whole, so long as it gives them their chance. They had each other. “What if painting was a sin, and the poetry became taboo. And no one ever clapped for me again. My question is, would you?
They clapped. Oh, they clapped. And aren’t we glad?
Full-color illustrations were rendered in various physical and digital media.
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