Hook : a memoir
Randall Horton (Author)
"Hook: a memoir is a gripping story of transformation. Without excuse or indulgence, author and educator Randall Horton explores his downward spiral from unassuming Howard University undergraduate to homeless drug addict, international cocaine smuggler, and incarcerated felon--before showing us the redemptive role that writing and literature played in helping him reclaim his life. The multilayered narrative bridges past and present through both the vivid portrayal of Horton's singular experiences and his correspondence in letters with the anonymous Lxxxx, a Latina woman awaiting trial. Hook explores race and social construction in America, the forgotten lives within the prison industrial complex, and the resilience of the human spirit."--Back cover
Print Book, English, 2015
First edition View all formats and editions
Augury Books, New York, New York, 2015
Biographies
xx, 195 pages ; 23 cm
9780988735569, 0988735563
921166735
Origin of Lxxxx
Louder than all sound ever created
Connections and disconnections
Process and ending point
Space and time
Same sky, different worlds
Flipping the script
Female prison
Prison industrial complex
One more thing
Coda
"This is a work of creative nonfiction"--Acknowledgements, page 193