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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Buck

Buck

Asante, M. K.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralBlack American StudiesGeneral Sociology

Publisher Price: $19.00

ISBN10: 0812983629
ISBN13: 9780812983623
Publisher: Random House
Published: May 13 2014
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
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. . . . Buck may be this generation's 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. MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to American parents: his mother a dancer, his father a revered professor. But as a teenager, MK was alone on the streets of North Philadelphia, swept up in a world of drugs, sex, and violence.

MK's memoir is an unforgettable tale of how one precocious, confused kid educated himself through gangs, rap, mystic cults, ghetto philosophy, and, eventually, books. It is an inspiring tribute to the power of literature to heal and redeem us.

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