The Education of Kevin Powell

by Kevin Powell

Book Overview

In the spirit of Piri Thomas's Down These Mean Streets and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, writer and activist Kevin Powell's memoir--"illuminating...an education for us all" (USA TODAY)--vividly recounts the horrific poverty of his youth and his struggles to overcome a legacy of anger, violence, and self-hatred.When Kevin Powell was three, he discovered the volatile nature of his world: a place of pain, poverty, violence, fire, rats,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501118579
• ISBN13: 9781501118579
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"