When They Tell You to Be Good with Prince Shakur

Prince Shakur’s debut memoir, When They Tell You to Be Good (macsbacks.com/book/9781953534934), is a political and personal exploration of his coming of age as a writer and activist. In this episode, Laura Maylene Walter talks to Prince Shakur about how race and identity shaped his formative years, how journaling providing him with a creative outlet, his experience with activism and protest, the challenges he faced in the publishing industry, and working with Hanif Abdurraqib as his editor at Tin House Books, and more.

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