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020			_a9780306924002 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0306924005 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1267752687
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092			_aWATKINS, D. _bW335
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aWatkins, D. _q(Dwight), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBlack boy smile : _ba memoir in moments / _cD. Watkins.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2205
264		1	_aNew York : _bLegacy Lit, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, _c2022.
300			_aviii, 226 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntroduction: The lie -- A camp story -- A dad story -- A first love story -- A school story -- A forever story -- A family story -- Epilogue.
520			_a"At nine-years-old, D. Watkins has three concerns in life: picking his dad's lotto numbers, keeping his Nikes free of creases, and being a man. Directly in his periphery is east Baltimore, a poverty-stricken city battling the height of a crack epidemic just hours from the nation's capital. Watkins, like many boys around him, is thrust out of childhood and into a world where manhood means surviving by slinging crack on street corners and finding himself on the wrong side of pistols. For thirty years, Watkins is forced safeguard every moment of joy he experiences, or risk losing himself entirely. Now, for the first time, Watkins harnesses these moments to tell the story of how he matured into the D. Watkins we know today-beloved author, college professor, editor-at-large of Salon.com, and devoted husband and father. Black Boy Smile lays bare Watkins' relationship with his father and brotherhoods with boys around him. He shares candid recollections of early assaults on his body and mind and how he coped through stoic silence disguised as manhood. His harrowing pursuit for redemption, written in his signature street style, pinpoints how generational hardship, left raw and unnurtured, breeds toxic masculinity. Watkins discovers a love for books, is admitted to two graduate programs, meets with his future wife-an attorney-, and finds true freedom in fatherhood. Equally moving and liberating, Black Boy Smile is D. Watkins' love letter to Black boys in concrete cities, a daring testimony that brings to life the contradictions, fears, and hopes of boys hurdling headfirst into adulthood. Black Boy Smile is a story that proves that when we acknowledge the fallacies of our past, we can uncover the path toward self-discovery. Black Boy Smile is the story of a Black boy who healed"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aWatkins, D. _q(Dwight) _xChildhood and youth.
650		0	_aAfrican American youth _zMaryland _zBaltimore _vBiography.
650		0	_aDrug dealers _zMaryland _zBaltimore _vBiography. _9302451
650		0	_aViolence _zMaryland _zBaltimore _vAnecdotes.
650		0	_aAfrican American youth _zMaryland _zBaltimore _xSocial life and customs.
650		0	_aPoor African Americans _zMaryland _zBaltimore _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aAfrican American authors _zMaryland _zBaltimore _vBiography.
650		0	_aComing of age. _9179085
651		0	_aEast Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.) _vBiography.
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
655		7	_aAnecdotes. _2lcgft _94847
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