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02470aam a22003618i 4500 001 994EB8CADAFE11EB9BE3539D58ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210702012738 008 200908s2021 ilu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2020040108 020 $a 1572842822 020 $a 9781572842823 035 $a (OCoLC)1195815531 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SO$ $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3611.U56 $b T48 2021 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a KunQuest, Quntos, $d 1976- $e author. 245 10 $a This life : $b a novel / $c Quntos KunQuest ; foreword by Zachary Lazar. 264 1 $a Chicago : $b A Bolden book/Agate, $c [2021] 300 $a 249 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "This is the debut novel by Quntos KunQuest, a longtime inmate at Angola, the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary. This marks the appearance of a bold, distinctive new voice, one deeply inflected by hiphop, that delves into the meaning of a life spent behind bars, the human bonds formed therein, and the poetry that even those in the most dire places can create. Lil Chris is just nineteen when he arrives at Angola as an AU-an admitting unit, a fresh fish, a new vict. He's got a life sentence with no chance of parole, but he's also got a clear mind and sharp awareness-one that picks up quickly on the details of the system, his fellow inmates, and what he can do to claim a place at the top. When he meets Rise, a mature inmate who's already spent years in the system, they begin to channel their questions, frustrations, and pain into rap, and flows with the same cadence that powers their charged verses. It pulses with the heat of impassioned inmates, the oppressive daily routines of the prison yard, and the rap contests that bring the men of the prison together. This Life is told in a voice that only a man who's lived it could have-a clipped, urgent, evocative voice that surges with anger, honesty, playfulness, and a deep sense of ugly history."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Prisoners $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Rap (Music) $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Lazar, Zachary, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 5 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023109.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518025727.0 952 $l JEPA911 $d 20220406090709.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20220208011624.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210702012844.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=994EB8CADAFE11EB9BE3539D58ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search