Walter Dean Myers interviewed Robert Lipsyte back in 2001.
Did you know that?
I didn’t until
recently.
This line from Lipsyte stuck with me:
“I don’t think the culture really wants young people to
read. I think reading is ultimately dangerous and subversive to any kind of
authority.”
Want to read it?
(June 2001). “Pulling no punches.” School Library Journal p. 44-47