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Urban youth gangs are typically viewed as no more than training grounds for thugs and felons. This breakthrough anthology presents a far different picture, revealing present and former gang members’ and street activists’ artistic impulses, emotional sensitivities, political beliefs, and capacities to assess the social conditions that created them. The Bandana Republic contains powerful writing: fiction and essays, poetry, and polemics written by adolescents from… More >>
The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates
I got this book as soon as it came out. The poetry is on point. There are some really great essays in here from former gang members from the 1950s and 1960s. The writings in this book give slices of history. It also delves into the mindsets of why people join gangs. I also like that this book shows different perspectives, in addition to the gang members and former gang members, this book also features pieces from those affected by gang life, the mothers, sisters, girlfriends.
Ok, I do have to admit, I have a poem published in this book, but I would have bought this book regardless.
Rating: 5 / 5
Start anywhere… any page, any story, any poem. Just open it and read. Voices are heard in this anthology… screamed, whispered, sobbed, confessed. Scenes, instances, moments and lifetimes revealed. Like no other book you’ve ever read. Biography, thriller, journal… no specific category for this one, other than true.
Rating: 5 / 5