Will My Name Be Shouted Out

Putting a human face on dire statistics about inner-city schools, Stephen O'Connor describes how his junior high school students--struggling to make sense of lives touched by violence, poverty, and broken families--discovered their own voices by writing and performing two plays.

Stephen O'Connor has taught creative writing in New York City public schools since 1988

Introduction	p. 11
Innocence and Guilt	p. 15
I Wish My Life Will Be Good	p. 17
A Devil Eating the Glasses	p. 25
On This Day a Poor Boy Died	p. 39
New York and Bensonhurst	p. 41
Do You Know How Death Feels?	p. 73
That's How Life Really Is	p. 93
Strength and Compassion	p. 111
Play: On This Day a Poor Boy Died	p. 129
Hell in a Handbasket	p. 143
Whites	p. 163
We're Gonna Save This Girl	p. 173
You Can do Anything You Want with Your Life	p. 193
Will My Name Be Shouted Out?	p. 209
I Can Be Hurt By You	p. 211
You've Got to Show Them the Way Out	p. 237
Hoping to Be Free	p. 257
Miracle Workers	p. 271
Play: Will My Name Be Shouted Out?	p. 285
There's Never a Good Day, No Matter What	p. 309
I Don't Want to Relive My Past	p. 333
I Told You I Couldn't Do It	p. 355
Conclusion: Changing the World	p. 371
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