What a beautiful, heartbreaking, life-affirming piece of art. I was on the journey with MK from the hospital waiting area to the landscape of his memories. I appreciated this love song to family - in all its beauty and messiness.

Kudos. Inspiring. Harrowing. A love letter to his Nephew, but also love letters to and from his family that gives us a glimpse inside a Black family, and as all families have mess, no matter if there are prominent members or not, the mess is messy. And MK Asante boldly and heroically exposes the family mess, in a heartfelt well. And the letters from Bob to God may be the best anti-drug message, more effective than any book length treatment of drug abuse.

Those letters are absolutely harrowing. This is certainly a new style of memoir and MK Asante is breaking new ground, perhaps opening a portal for others to tell their story through poetics and lyrics and letting the family dynamic speak for itself through their own exchanges and experiences. MK Asante brings the noise
And he does it with poise!
Thanks to Netgalley and Amistad Press for an advanced
DRC. Book drops in May! Get ready!!