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Streams Archive at Scribd.com (Volumes 1-3, 14, 16) |
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Streams Archive at Scribd.com (Volumes 1-3, 14, 16) |
In 1986 the Waterways Project of Ten Penny Players began publishing STREAMS. Participating authors have included typical, disabled and gifted youths attending high school classes in such diverse locations as hospitals, honor programs, jails, substance abuse programs, shelters, community based organizations, programs for immigrants, libraries, nursing homes, parenting programs, large comprehensive and small specialized high schools.
STREAMS has been recommended by The New York Public Library in its list of Books for the Teenage and is used as reading/writing text in the classroom.
Bill Katz in the Library Journal wrote: "The poetry, fiction, and nonfiction reflect what it means to live as a part of the underclass, in and out of jails and terrible housing. It is the words of the urban poor and much of it is as extremely moving as it is illustrative of how well disenfranchised youth can speak for themselves. Highly recommended, particularly for those who teach writing to the young."
McQuark Review wrote: "It takes three small-print pages to acknowledge the funders, teachers, administrators, and institutions (including prisons, hospitals, and rehabs) that supported this anthology of poetry by New York City kids. I hope they know they got their money's worth, not to mention the worth of their time, sweat, argument, and commitment."
