mierra

Dear Dr.Michael Dyson,
I am a freshmen at Constitution High school in Philadelphia. I’m writing you this letter to greatly express my interest in your book “Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac.” Well, first off, every year my school participates in the National History Day contest, which is a contest that requires a lot of hard work and dedication. In the contest, you are expected to follow this years theme “Individual In History: Impact and Legacy.” As my first year in the contest I decided that I wanted to do someone that didn’t just have an impact on people socially, economically or just musically, I wanted to choose someone that impacted people in everyway imaginable! So, for this year’s contest, I chose to do a documentary on Tupac Shakur, because, although he had his trouble with the law, he still managed to be a positive influence on a lot of young people (such as myself). As I searched online for a book to annotate, I contemplated on which (besides his autobiography) would be the most useful to my research. Immediately, I began to become interested in your book. At first, I just read the online preview, then I went to Borders book store and purchased your book. I showed great interest in the interviews you included, especially the one with Larenz Tate! I truly believe that if he would have spent more time with Tupac, perhaps he would’ve still been alive! My quest for knowledge has driven me to dig deeper than the surface. I thought if I could possibly interview you about the process of making your book and other knowledge about Tupac, that would be all I need to make my documentary a winner in the contest! I would really like to keep in touch with you, whether it be via, email, phone or in person.
Dr. Dyson, I understand that you have a very busy schedule, so I commend you for taking time out of your day to read my letter. You’ll be helping out a whole lot if you write me back so please write me back.

Sincerely, Mierra Isaac