A new generation of artists is paying homage to their D.C. roots, including award-winning author Jason Reynolds.

The D.C. area has claim to some of America's greatest artists: Duke Ellington, Roberta Flack, Langston Hughes. Now, a new generation of artists is paying homage to their D.C. roots, including award-winning author Jason Reynolds.

WUSA9’s Delia Gonçalves spent some time with Reynolds, whom the Library of Congress just named the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.

But this interview was more of a reunion of sorts. Reynolds and Gonçalves first met nearly 15 years ago, when Reynolds was a UMD student and an up-and-coming poet, touring colleges and universities along the East Coast.

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