JOSEPH by Shelia P. Moses
Posted by Daniel on September 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
For Joseph Flood, life is tough. Tough because of Mama’s addiction to drugs and alcohol. Tough because daddy is away with the army fighting in Iraq. Tough because it looks like there’s no way out once you’re living in a homeless shelter in a North Carolina ghetto neighborhood. And tough because Joseph in enrolled in [...]
Filed under Addiction, Authors, Drugs, Family, Fiction, High School, Homeless, Iraq War, Last Name (I - M), Moses, Sheila P, Noth Carolina, Publishers, Settings, Simon & Schuster, Story Themes · Tagged with Addiction, Fiction, Hip Hop Lit, Homelessness, Iraq War, Joseph, New School, Sheil P. Moses, Street Fiction, Street Lit, Teen Books, Teen Urban Fiction, YA Books
A HERO AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A SANDWICH by Alice Childress
Posted by Daniel on August 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn’t want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him feel so good, so relaxed, so tuned out? As Benjie sees it, there’s nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste of time, and home life isn’t [...]
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GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT by Felicia “Snoop” Pearson and David Ritz
Posted by Daniel on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT, Felicia Pearson, who plays Snoop in the HBO hit series The Wire, reveals her incredible, hard knock life story, one that dramatically parallels the life of her character on TV.
While Felicia Pearson is a brilliant actor in a truly chilling role, what’s most remarkable about Snoop is what she has overcome [...]
Filed under Authors, Baltimore, Drugs, Jail and Prison, Last Name (N - R), Nonfiction, Pearson, Felicia, Settings, Story Themes · Tagged with Baltimore, David Ritz, Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT, The Wire, urban nonfiction