Javaka Steptoe on Radiant Child
December 23rd, 2016 by jules
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“I absolutely love and appreciate all of the attention this book is receiving. Not just for me, but because people are looking at Basquiat in a different way. They are seeing more than just the ‘wild child.’ They are also seeing the radiant child; they are seeing his humanity.”
Yesterday over at Kirkus, I talked with Javaka Steptoe (who visited 7-Imp back in 2008), where we discuss his biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Radiant Child (Little, Brown, October 2016). I’d written about it at Kirkus earlier this year, but it’s one of my favorite picture books this year, and I wanted to ask him all about it. (You can see some spreads from it here in this May post.)
That Q&A is here.
(And don’t miss The Yarn’s coverage of this wonderful book.)
Photo of Javaka used by permission of Little, Brown and taken by Gregg Richards.
Oh goody! this is such a wonderful book. Thanks for sharing all this!!!!!