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So difficult to find words to describe this book's impact. I met this author in October prior to reading anything he wrote. He was a drug dealer who gave it up to complete a college education and become a teacher. He believes the only way to improve his community is getting them to read! Keep your eyes open for more from this important writer.😀❤️📚

After meeting the author at Hachette's Book Brunch in October, I continue to be amazed by his honesty.

Great day at the Hachette Book Club Brunch. So many wonderful authors!!

Picked this book up at my local library. Enjoyed reading it. I appreciate the author's honesty and his struggles with trying to overcome and do better.

Interesting memoir from NYTimes/Salon/etc. columnist D. Watkins about his time getting into and out of the drug game in East Baltimore. It ends too soon (I'd love more on his time at U of Baltimore), but what's here is fascinating.

This book is amazing. It's so unbelievably upsetting but also so inspirational at the same time. I'm a huge fan of D. Watkins and cannot wait to see what he does next.

"Two weeks after Bip died on the concrete, one week after his funeral where a collage of ex-girlfriends, junkies, and gangstas packed every corner of a Baptist church we never attended -- all screaming louder than newborn crack-babies -- I sat."