A career criminal and drug addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences, goines s books are now recognized as almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience. Righteous dopefiend interweaves stunning blackandwhite photographs with vivid dialogue, detailed field notes, and critical theoretical analysis. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Whoreson from one of the most revolutionary writers of the 20th century, the uncensored and gritty novel that inspired todays street lit and hip hop culture. From 1969 through 1974 he published 16 novels with holloway house, which are now recognized as bloodsoaked and almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience. Goines books have been utilized in several prison literacy programs and his novel dopefiend has been taught in a rutgers university class. The true black voice of his generation, donald goines wrote novels that nailed the harsh realities of the urban experience deep into the psyche of todays hip. His parents were a middleclass africanamerican couple that ran a. The obese drug dealer, porky, sits in an easy chair watching his customers shoot up, nod off, scratch themselves, and bleed. Donald goines books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography.
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Donald goines was born in detroit to a relatively comfortable family his parents owned a local dry cleaner, and he did not have problems with the law or drugs. In this shocking novel of a young girl alone on the streets,donald goines delves into yet another facet of the ghetto experiencethe dark,despairridden world of a black girls soul. Dopefiend was the first novel that i read by donald goines and it captivated me. Donald goines 1936 1974 was a career criminal and addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences.