For a number of years--through the Atlantic magazine and website--I've read and come to admire Ta-Nehisi's writing and "voice." I'd wanted to read this memoir for a number of years and, when I realized I could get it through the library, I jumped at the chance.Well written and insightful, it's a ...
poets had warned me of. They approached on both sides of the car, shining their flashing lights through the windows. They took my identification and returned to the squad car. I sat there in terror. By then I had added to the warnings of my teachers what I’d learned about PG County through report...