Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space.
Musician, playwright, and educator Amyra Le n takes us on a poetic journey through her childhood in Harlem.
Concrete Kids is an exploration of love and loss, melody and bloodshed.
Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today\'s leading activists and artists. -- Booklist, Starred Review In Concrete Kids, playwright, musician, and educator Amyra Le n uses free verse to challenge us to dream beyond our circumstances -- and sometimes even despite them.
The Kids with a melanin kiss.\'-- Kirkus Reviews Leon\'s powerful book will embolden readers find their own ways of speaking out against injustice.
I will close my eyes and disappear into the pages of this book for many years to come.--Hanif Abdurraqib (New York Times bestselling author of Go Ahead in The Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest) Amyra\'s wondrous awe for life in all its terror and splendor is inspiring to witness.--Rosario Dawson (award-winning actor, singer, and activist) A moving, inspiring love letter to and about \'the Concrete kids.
And this is your invitation to join us.
Space to be yourself.
Space to connect.
Space to think.
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space.
In her signature free-verse style, she invites us all to dream with abandon--and to recognize the privilege it is to dream at all.
Musician, playwright, and educator Amyra Le n takes us on a poetic journey through her childhood in Harlem, as she navigates the intricacies of foster care, mourning, self-love, and resilience.
Concrete Kids is an exploration of love and loss, melody and bloodshed.
Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today\'s leading activists and artists.
The Kids with a melanin kiss.\'-- Kirkus Reviews In Concrete Kids, playwright, musician, and educator Amyra Le n uses free verse to challenge us to dream beyond our circumstances -- and sometimes even despite them.
I will close my eyes and disappear into the pages of this book for many years to come.--Hanif Abdurraqib (New York Times bestselling author of Go Ahead in The Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest) Amyra\'s wondrous awe for life in all its terror and splendor is inspiring to witness.--Rosario Dawson (award-winning actor, singer, and activist) A moving, inspiring love letter to and about \'the Concrete kids.
And this is your invitation to join us.
Space to be yourself.
Space to connect.
Space to think.
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space
