{"product_id":"makes-me-wanna-holler-a-young-black-man-in-america-9780679740704","title":"Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of our most visceral and important memoirs on race in America, this is the story of Nathan McCall, who began life as a smart kid in a close, protective family in a black working-class neighborhood. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet by the age of fifteen, McCall was packing a gun and embarking on a criminal career that five years later would land him in prison for armed robbery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these pages, McCall chronicles his passage from the street to the prison yard--and, later, to the newsrooms of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and ultimately to the faculty of Emory University. His story is at once devastating and inspiring, at once an indictment and an elegy. \u003ci\u003eMakes Me Wanna Holler\u003c\/i\u003e became an instant classic when it was first published in 1994 and it continues to bear witness to the great troubles--and the great hopes--of our nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e With a new afterword by the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathan McCall grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia. He studied journalism at Norfolk State University after serving three years in prison, and went on to report for the \u003ci\u003eVirginian Pilot-Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStar\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e before joining \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e in 1989. He is the author of a memoir, \u003ci\u003eMakes Me Wanna Holler\u003c\/i\u003e; an essay collection, \u003ci\u003eWhat's Going On\u003c\/i\u003e; and a novel, \u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e. McCall is currently is a senior lecturer in African American Studies at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412792676626,"sku":"9780679740704","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cbb5107e-ab80-49a8-8a2e-6ffcac5a5a8b.jpg?v=1729328455","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/makes-me-wanna-holler-a-young-black-man-in-america-9780679740704","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}