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Jason Reynolds

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About Me

Reynolds & Griffin, have reached deep into their creative chest once more, and have pulled out a live performance. All those familiar with their work are probably questioning how this is possible, and furthermore, what exactly is there to see. Well, the artistic duo have decided to display their collaborative process with a live installation of sorts, entitled, Just Say Anything. The exhibition features uber-talented, Turntablist IV, who has musically scored the performance, which adds an element absent in books.Just Say Anything is a story of an artist who, while on a date, is asked a trumping question, of which he struggles to find the answer. Reynolds and Griffin delve into the mind of this artist, as he tries to decipher his tangential thoughts, to figure out some sort of answer, if not the answer to tell his love interest.The debut of Just Say Anything, by Reynolds & Griffin, featuring Turntablist IV, is:Novemeber 2, 2007 Busboys and Poets (Langston Room) 2021 14th St, NW Washington DC 20009 9:00pm, FREE* First 25 people, will receive a signed and numbered copy of exclusive book, Dudes We Know, by Reynolds & Griffin.Its pretty hard to talk about myself. But to make it simple, (and to keep folks from assuming) I'm a regular dude with regular issues, who loves to do regular things. The only difference is that I read, which I'm coming to find out, aint so regular.Also, I'm a writer (which would explain the reading). Be on the lookout for the Crow And Crow series (children's lit) coming soon.

My Interests

Music:

I love alllll music. This is the one thing other than writing that I am a fnatic about. If I had to choose a few artists... Jimi Hendrix Beady Belle The Beatles Cee-Lo Bob Marley Fela/Femi Kuti Steel Pulse Jack Johnson Fertile Ground Blackstar Lauryn Hill Jamie Cullum A Tribe Called Quest OutKast Eric Roberson The Roots Jill Scott De La Soul, etc.Last but not least my homeboy David Dupree and my main man Terrence. Look out for them. They are nuts!

Books:

The Autobiography of Malcolm X Nigger by Dick Gregory Malcolm X Final Speeches Push bySapphire The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus The Christ Black Boy by Richard Wright The Fire Next Time and alllll other works by James Baldwin and the list goes on...

My Blog

Dead to the past

Dead To The PastIf I ever find a wifeAt the wedding end my lifekiss me strong and swallow all my breathexchange our love through open mouthsRest my head upon the cloudsand on the honeymoonnaked bask i...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:56:00 PST

Another Caged Bird Poem

Another Caged Bird Poem (For those afraid to free themselves)We shouldJust keep singingHere in this cageI mean itDoes have great Acoustics
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:50:00 PST

Twisted Beautiful Cliche

Twisted Beautiful Cliché Some say beauty can only be born from painAnd a geniuss mind can never truly be freeMozart Basquiat Hendrix KobainAnd maybe the same can be said of meWe were born inside a bo...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Tue, 09 May 2006 10:52:00 PST

Struggle

StruggleI stand on the edgeOf the cliffOf clarityBelow meWaterDeep enough to Catch my fallShallow enoughTo keep me from DrowningPerfect for meBut Im tooAfraid to jumpBecause jumpingmeans droppingEven ...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Tue, 09 May 2006 10:49:00 PST

PG County

PG CountySo we all Were playin ballWhen the NYPD Rolled by with Sirens loudAs eighties boomboxesIn Black BrooklynThe game stoppedmid-jumpermiddle fingers soar like ghetto paper airplanesor country hel...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:00:00 PST

Harlem

Overheard an old ladys conversationthey put an elevator at the 125th stationin Harlemyes chil in Harlemall these years I been hurtin my backhappy to get to my neighborhood Blackand now they put in an ...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:51:00 PST

Vacation

VacationOn the way Down southMy little cousin Ten years oldProclaimed to me thatShe was not BlackBut brownI smiled And criedAnd said baby This will be an Interesting vacationFor you...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:28:00 PST

For Nina Simone

I Loves You, Nina(For Nina Simone)Piano takes the place of a gunShootem shootem dont you runFrom Mississippi to NewYork citySing a song for the unsungPeople in pain while fools have funA King slain, a...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:18:00 PST

Sequins

I seen the stars OnceDon't get to see themMuch in the cityBut that one night I saw themLooked likeShiny sequins sewn ontoBlack satinIn a scattered sequence far tooComplexTo completeI remember thinking...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:19:00 PST

Poem For Gordon Parks

In A Couple of DaysPoem For Gordon ParksMama will pull outThe photo albumAgainRemember whenYour head aintMatch your bodyIs what she'll sayYour feet too She'll continueShe'll sip from a cupFilled to th...
Posted by Jason Reynolds on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:58:00 PST