Politics & Prose: D. Watkins and Tony Lewis in Conversation

'Writing with flair and candor, D. Watkins follows The Beast Side, his vivid account of growing up in deeply racist Baltimore, with The Cook Up: a Crack Rock Memoir , an insider’s look at the city’s drug trade. One of the few options available to many young black men, dealing drugs usually means a short and violent life, and Watkins was looking for something else. .Now a columnist for Salon and a professor at the University of Baltimore, Watkins is the founder of BMORE Writers Project. Watkins is in conversation with Tony Lewis, author of Slugg: A Boy's Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration. Also, featuring two poems read by Kondwani Fidel (Raw Wounds, Asperous Artistry).' -- Politics & Prose