Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781888451719)

"Lewis has composed an observant and urban B-boy's rites of passage . . . a hiphop bildungsroman told in prose full of buoyancy and bounce."--Greg Tate, author of Flyboy in the Buttermilk

Scars of the Soul is a confessional, stylistic account (in the Joan Didion tradition) of coming-of-age in the Bronx alongside the birth and evolution of hip-hop culture.

Miles Marshall Lewis was born in the Bronx in 1970 and currently lives in Manhattan. He is a former editor of Vibe and XXL, and his work has been published in The Nation, The Source, the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Essence and other magazines. He holds a B.A. in sociology from Morehouse College and studied at the Fordham University School of Law.


Author: Miles Marshall Lewis, Saul Williams
ISBN-10: 1888451718
ISBN-13: 9781888451719
Publisher: Akashic Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.14w x 0.62d

Review Citation(s):
Multicultural Review 06/01/2005 pg. 87
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2004 pg. 65
Library Journal 11/15/2004 pg. 63
Booklist 12/15/2004 pg. 720

About the Author
Miles Marshall Lewis was born in the Bronx in 1970 and currently splits his time between New York City and Paris, France. He is the author of Scars of the Soul (Akashic, 2004), and is a former editor of Vibe and XXL. His work has been published in The Nation, The Source, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Essence, and other Saul Williams is an interationally acclaimed poet and actor. He co-wrote and starred in the film Slam, was featured in the documentaries Slam Nation and I'll Make Me a World, and rapped to Rick Rubin-produced tracks on his hybrid album Amethyst Rock Star. Following The Seventh Octave.