{"product_id":"write-to-live-marsha-rhynes-9781462059454","title":"Write to Live: Telling Our Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eI was born and raised in Oakland, CA and attended Oakland Public Schools, K-12. Oakland life is a complex movie- full of depth and scenes that are high and low, ever evolving and impactful to all who witness the plot unfold again and again. For many of us, we live in Oakland but at the same time we are surviving Oakland. Our most powerful weapons are not guns or basketballs. No. Our most powerful weapon is our voice. Our leaping, twirling, voices of maniacal poise. A collective voice that over and over again rings undeniable and raw, truthful and compas-sionate. Reading through these pages I felt a sense of real pride and renewed hope. For these young people are a continuum of a great natural force in Oakland and an example to the peers who share common narratives around the world.\u003cbr\u003e -Ise Lyfe HBO DEF Poet\u003cbr\u003e Commissioner of Arts and Cultural Affairs for the City of Oakland, CA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book depicts the painful psalms of children in a Society gone astray. These are our children and they will construct the world of tomorrow. If that future world is not to our liking and alien to us, it is what we deserve unless we take action to change what is happening around us. This book '\u003ci\u003eWrite to Live\u003c\/i\u003e' exposes us to what some children endure as a 'rite of life.'\u003cbr\u003e -Guy Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eStanding at the Scratch Line\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEchoes of a Distant Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marsha Rhynes,Students\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462059457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462059454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Marsha Rhynes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458491363583,"sku":"9781462059454","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cc13943-076b-4133-9fb7-12f9a6a1d4c8.jpg?v=1777404775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/write-to-live-marsha-rhynes-9781462059454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}