Tony Medina
SOUTHEAST BRONX NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, INC.
BRONX, NY
MAY 22 - MAY 23, 2003

Tony Medina met with about 75 three to five year olds. As his young audience sat on the floor and listened to him read poems from his Love to Langston and Be Boy Buzz by bell hooks, he prompted them to repeat a few stanzas. His reading from Jazz Baby by Carole Boston Weatherford had the audience laughing when a few of the young readers volunteered to show how they danced to the poetry in the book. All of the presentations ended with the author asking his audience to hug the person next to them.

Lee & Low Books offered books at a discount, which were donated by the Foundation to participants.

The National Book Foundation Settlement House Author Residency program is made possible through a leadership grant from the Theodore H. Barth Foundation, with additional funding from the Educational Foundation of America, New York Community Trust, R.R. Donnelley, and the New York State Council on the Arts.