{"product_id":"9781888451719","title":"Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises","description":"\u003cp\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eFlyboy in the Buttermilk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScars of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiles Marshall Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the Bronx in 1970 and currently lives in Manhattan. He is a former editor of \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eXXL\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Source\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines. He holds a B.A. in sociology from Morehouse College and studied at the Fordham University School of Law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062186721520,"sku":"9781888451719","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781888451719_p0.jpg?v=1763607227","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781888451719","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}