![]() It is an inspiring tribute to the power of education, art, and literature to heal the broken pieces that exist inside all of us, and the riveting story of a generation told through Asante’s dazzlingly poetic voice. Asante’s memoir Buck is the story of his rise from dealer and delinquent to writer, filmmaker, poet, and professor. ![]() Lost in a fog of drugs, sex, and violence, Asante sought refuge in the poetry of hip-hop giants – Tupac, Jay-Z, Nas – and later, in the words of Kerouac, Whitman, Orwell. MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to brilliant American parents, but in his early teens found himself alone in North Philadelphia – his mother in a mental hospital, his father gone, his older brother in prison – and forced to find his own way to survive. In conversation with editor Chris Jackson ![]() ![]()
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