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True notebooks / Mark Salzman.

Van Pelt Library PS572.L6 S25 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Salzman, Mark.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Juvenile delinquents' writings, American--California--Los Angeles.
Juvenile delinquents' writings, American.
Creative writing--Study and teaching--California--Los Angeles.
Creative writing.
Teacher-student relationships--California--Los Angeles.
Teacher-student relationships.
Creative writing--Study and teaching.
California--Los Angeles.
Physical Description:
viii, 330 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Summary:
Chronicles the author's first years teaching at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles's most violent teenage offenders.
Contents:
1 Somebody 3
2 Just Say No 9
3 Gentlemen 14
4 Trip to the Museum 22
5 Collision 45
6 Here I Am 56
7 Lockdown 71
8 Dream State 79
9 Arcana 90
10 Prisoner or Pumpkin 103
11 Feeling Special 115
12 Mother's Day 121
13 Played 126
14 A Day of Creation 146
15 Busted 170
16 Happy Birthday 179
17 Family Life 188
18 Two-Face 195
19 Send in the Clowns 210
20 The Buster 226
21 No Mercy Walls 242
22 Window Tappers 253
23 The Man I Was Supposed to Be 261
24 Thanks, Hate 273
25 Father's Day 294
26 The Letter 307
27 Dear Friend 321.
ISBN:
0375413081
OCLC:
51274845

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