Asantes memoir will find an eager readership, especially among young people searching in books for the kind of understanding and meaning that eludes them in their real-life relationships. Phillys skateboarders, its street-corner philosophers and its tattoo artists are all brought vividly to life here. In fact, that city is the true star of this book. Asante at his best when he sets out into the city of Philadelphia itself. It takes great skill to render the wide variety of characters, male and female, young and old, that populate a memoir like Buck.

written in a breathless, driving hip-hop prose style that gives it a tough, contemporary edge.-The Philadelphia Inquirer Frequently brilliant and always engaging. You will love nearly everything about Buck.-Essence A virtuoso performance. Buck may be this generations story.-NPR The voice of a new generation. Review Quotes A story of surviving and thriving with passion, compassion, wit, and style.-Maya Angelou In America, we have a tradition of black writers whose autobiographies and memoirs come to define an era. It is an inspiring tribute to the power of literature to heal and redeem us. MKs memoir is an unforgettable tale of how one precocious, confused kid educated himself through gangs, rap, mystic cults, ghetto philosophy, and, eventually, books. But as a teenager, MK was alone on the streets of North Philadelphia, swept up in a world of drugs, sex, and violence. MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to American parents: his mother a dancer, his father a revered professor. Buck may be this generations story.-NPR A coming-of-age story about navigating the wilds of urban America and the shrapnel of a self-destructing family, Buck shares the story of a generation through one original and riveting voice. Book Synopsis A story of surviving and thriving with passion, compassion, wit, and style.-Maya Angelou In America, we have a tradition of black writers whose autobiographies and memoirs come to define an era. About the Book An account of the authors youth in Zimbabwe and in violent Philadelphia street gangs explores how his life was shaped by his fathers absence, his brothers imprisonment, and his mothers and sisters struggles with mental illness.

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