Chicago - A message from the station manager

Why I Wrote My First Book

By Jermel Arcillica Taylor

Everybody has a story, but I felt that mine was enough to inspire people not to go through the things that I went through. At the age of 15 I shot someone, but at the age of 12 I started selling heroin, trying to be like the older homies I saw running the neighborhood.



Talking about his second book.


See also:
* Poetry: Gentrification.
* Jermel’s YouTube channel.

Comments welcome.

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Posted on December 23, 2011