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Jewell Parker Rhodes

To me, the pinnacle of my career is writing for youth. I can die happy: I have succeeded in doing what I have always wanted to do.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Diversity in books is a civil rights frontier.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

When a parent says about a book, ‘That’s not my child’s world,’ I remind them of the future. Social fluency will be the new currency of success. Not experiencing diversity challenges our kids’ future in the global work force. It handicaps them from making America and the world more livable and just.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

In ‘Bayou Magic,’ I write about African goddess-mermaids who accompanied slaves to America.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

A grandparent can be simply affirming. A grandparent has been there, done that child-raising stuff, and has the wisdom of experience. And so in some ways, they’re free to love without the anxiety of being the actual parents. They’re free to give.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

I think it’s always natural for children to rebel against their parents and establish their own identity. And also, I think parents get invested in, you know, doing the right thing? And so their anxiety about being good parents might, in a way, affect a relationship negatively.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

The empathy I found reading ‘Heidi’ and ‘Little Women’ is empathy we have as human beings that can feed all of our souls. We have our differences, but we’re all so similar in our humanness. So those stories about young girls overcoming meant a lot to me and gave me hope.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

In ‘Bayou Magic,’ I bring in the cultural tradition of African mermaids – Mami Wata, the mother goddesses.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

My grandmother and my upbringing filled me with the spirit of the church and the spirit of the faith brought by Africans to the new land during slavery.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

I would love for there to be a ‘Voodoo Dreams’ movie, especially after seeing the glorious ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild.’ I so admired how the filmmakers captured Louisiana and the magical atmosphere. I cried.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

My grandmother valued her Southern roots, folk culture, and healing.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

I tried the second season of ‘American Horror Story,’ and it scared me horribly. I guess I prefer my own imagination to a realized visual.

– Jewell Parker Rhodes

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