As an autobiography, it was very enlightening and taught me a lot about what it's like to be a young black man. I kept waiting for the book to go into detail about the science of drug use and abuse, but that did not really happen. The author gives us tantalizing glimpses of knowledge, but he ulti...
read a huge billboard on Sunrise Boulevard. Sitting in rush hour traffic, I reflected on where I’d just been. It left me demoralized and definitely in need of some salvation, even though I’m not particularly religious. As part of my research for this book, I was interviewing relatives and old fri...