Jonathan Kozol

In this powerful and culminating work about a group of inner-city children he has known for many years, Jonathan Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and Her Children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he has vividly portrayed, to share with us their fascinating journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood. For nearly fifty years, Jonathan has pricked the conscience of his readers by laying bare the savage inequalities inflicted upon children for no reason but the accident of being born to poverty within a wealthy nation. A winner of the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and countless other honors, he has persistently crossed the lines of class and race, first as a teacher, then as the author of tender and heart-breaking books about the children he has called “the outcasts of our nation’s ingenuity.” But Jonathan is not a distant and detached reporter. His own life has been radically transformed by the children who have trusted and befriended him.

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Venue: Loretto-Hilton Center

In FIRE IN THE ASHES, a powerful and culminating work about a group of inner-city children he has known for many years, Jonathan Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and Her Children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he has vividly portrayed, to share with us their fascinating journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood. Jonathan Kozol is part of Webster University's Global Leader in Residence program.

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7PM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Offsite Event | Jonathan Kozol: FIRE IN THE ASHES National Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol presents his new book FIRE IN THE ASHES: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America.

For nearly fifty years, Kozol has detailed the inequalities inflicted upon children for no reason but the accident of being born to poverty. In FIRE IN THE ASHES, he tells the stories of those who have come of age in one of the most destitute communities of the United States. The issues that confront our urban schools (a devastating race-gap and an obsessive regime of drilling students for exams instead of giving them a rich curriculum that excites a love of learning) are interwoven through these stories. He also shares why certain children rise above it all, graduate from high school, and do well in college, while others are defeated by the time they enter adolescence.

LOCATION Phoenix College Bulpitt Auditorium 1202 West Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85013 (google map) More info and registration: mcli.maricopa.edu/Kozol

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jonathan Kozol has been awarded the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. His previous books include Amazing Grace and Savage inequalities. He lives in Byfield, Massachusetts.

Location: Street: 1202 West Thomas Road City: Phoenix, Province: Arizona Postal Code: 85013 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)