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An electrifying, dazzlingly written reckoning and an essential addition to the national conversation about race and class, Survival Math takes its name from the calculations award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson made to survive the Portland, Oregon of his youth.
This dynamic book explores gangs and guns, near-death experiences, sex work, masculinity, composite fathers, the concept of “hustle,” and the destructive power of addiction—all framed within the story of Jackson, his family, and his community. Lauded for its breathtaking pace, its tender portrayals, its stark candor, and its luminous style, Survival Math reveals on every page the searching intellect and originality of its author. The primary narrative, focused on understanding the antecedents of Jackson’s family’s experience, is complemented by poems composed from historical American documents as well as survivor files, which feature photographs and riveting short narratives of several of Jackson’s male relatives. The sum of Survival Math’s parts is a highly original whole, one that reflects on the exigencies—over generations—that have shaped the lives of so many disenfranchised Americans. As essential as it is beautiful, as real as it is artful, Mitchell S. Jackson’s nonfiction debut is a singular achievement, not to be missed.
Ebook Survival Math Notes on an AllAmerican Family Mitchell Jackson 9781501131707 Books
"Way tooooo long, wasn’t what I thought couldn’t keep my mind in it. A waste of money."
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- I read an excerpt of this book in a magazine, and before I even finished, I cut myself off because I knew I had to order the book and read the whole thing. I've never read such a profound, blunt, and informed reckoning of one's past as this. It also does a phenomenal job of framing the author's life in the context of his circumstances which he establishes by drawing from an extensive knowledge of recent to ancient history.
While I've read quite a few books dealing with similar topics, this one spoke to me in ways others haven't since it was written by a contemporary of mine. While I grew up listening to the same rap music Jackson describes in the book and got heavy into education as did he, the life that to me was mainly portrayed in gangster rap songs and movies of that era was one I was mainly experiencing as if viewing in a fishbowl. Jackson himself lived it, and he had the courage to tell it like it is for the world to examine. - Way tooooo long, wasn’t what I thought couldn’t keep my mind in it. A waste of money.
