On the Come Up AUTH-12783815 This collection of his poems

This collection of his poems and writings now includes two newly discovered poems found in New York Historical Society Library and in the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University

Mackenzie and Nolan know that in a few short months everything will change as they head off to different colleges

during such leisure as my efforts to bring America into the War on our side allowed me

and ended with a seventeen monthsentence in prison

once the smoke is cleared

On the Come Up AUTH-12783815 This collection of his poemsGrowing up in the heart of the Atlanta ghetto, siblings DeMarco and Jasmine Winslow have developed a talent for survival. But if given the chance, they would do anything for a fresh start. . . . By the time DeMarco was fifteen, being locked up was better than being at home. So whenever he got hungry or cold or just plain tired of living in the ghetto, he'd steal something and make sure he got caught, 'cause going to juvie was like going to heaven: