D. Watkins
Author of The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America
About the Author
D. Watkins is an editor at large for Salon. He is also a professor at the University of Baltimore and founder of the Baltimore Writers Project. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Rolling Stone, and other publications. Watkins is the author of the New York Times bestsellers show more The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir and The Beast Side: Living and Dying While Black in America. He lives in East Baltimore. show less
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Two Baltimores 1 copy
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- Other names
- Watkins, Dwight
- Birthdate
- 1980-02-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University (M. Ed.)
University of Baltimore (MFA) - Occupations
- professor
writer
editor-at-large for Salon - Organizations
- Baltimore Writers Project
University of Baltimore
Salon.com - Agent
- Barbara Poelle
- Short biography
- D. Watkins, of East Baltimore, is a bestselling author, HBO writer and professor at The University of Baltimore, as well as an editor-at-large for Salon.
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- Works
- 7
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 242
- Popularity
- #93,893
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 23
I found this book hard to read, despite the book being well written. The way the author writes the dialogue in this novel has the words written as how they would sound - any accents are written in, which makes some of the lines incredibly hard to read. This dialogue put me off of the book, and made it super hard for me to read.
The plot itself is very moving - someone on a good path straying faraway. It beautifully displays a realistic struggle, which makes this book very moving. It's authentic and an overall great book - so I definitely suggest it to those who are interested in realistic dramas.
Overall, this book was not a book written to my standards, but it is still an incredible book. I would definitely suggest others read it, I just wouldn't read it again.
Two out of five stars due to the difficulty of reading the dialogue. Still an amazing novel though!
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