In these wonderful poems by McDaniel, it is hard to separate the humour from the pain. Both qualities are omnipresent and are presented in fresh and original ways. This book is heartbreaking and hilarious simultaneously. And McDaniel's love of language is everywhere evident creating images you won't soon forget.

A unique prison narrative that testifies to the power of books to transform a young man's life At the age of sixteen, R. Dwayne Betts-a good student from a lower- middle-class family-carjacked a man with a friend. He had never held a gun before, but within a matter of minutes

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Looks at the moments in the biblical narrative when ordinary people, individuals who have sinned or fallen short of the ideal, face God, featuring stories about Jacob, the woman caught in adultery, Job, Peter, and other biblical characters.

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