When Crack Was King
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| Author | Donovan X. Ramsey |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 2023 |
| Publication place | United States |
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era is a 2023 nonfiction book written by Donovan X. Ramsey.[1][2]
Critical reception
When Crack Was King was critically-acclaimed upon its release with positive reviews from publications including The Los Angeles Times[3], The New York Times[4], Kirkus Reviews[5], NPR, Publisher's Weekly[6], and The Guardian.[7] The Washington Post named the book a notable new releases in a "summer of big books."[8] It was on Vanity Fair's July 2023 list of "The Best New Books to Read This Summer"[9] and Time magazine's "10 New Books You Should Read in July."[10]
"An excellent work of people-first journalism, When Crack Was King offers not only a vivid and frank history, but points to the way communities tend to save themselves even as they're being actively targeted by state policy and violence," wrote Ilana Masad for NPR.[11] For the New York Times, Jonathan Green wrote, "Ramsey aims to give the story of the crack epidemic a human face while telling it from start to finish, a herculean task. By and large he succeeds." [12] In her review for The Los Angeles Times, Zan Romanoff wrote that When Crack Was King, "manages to convey the scope of history while also remaining grounded in the specific and personal. And it feels particularly relevant as America stares down another drug epidemic with no clear end in sight."[13]
The book received a coveted starred reviews from both Publisher's Weekly[14] and Kirkus with latter calling When Crack Was King, "Passionate, important reportage on a tragic era in American history from an author who lived through it."[15]
References
- ^ "The New York Times". 2023.
- ^ "MSNBC". 2023.
- ^ Romanoff, Zan (2023-07-07). "No such thing as a 'crackhead': Drawing stories and lessons from the last drug epidemic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "Why Crack Became the 1980s 'Superdrug'". 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ WHEN CRACK WAS KING | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X Ramsey". www.publishersweekly.com. Invalid date. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Smith, David (2023-07-17). "When Crack Was King: looking back on an epidemic that destroyed lives". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "Forecasting a busy summer of big books". Washington Post. 2023-05-29. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Nast, Condé (2023-07-13). "The Best New Books to Read This Summer". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "Here Are the 10 New Books You Should Read in July". Time. 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Masad, Ilana (July 11, 2023). "'When Crack Was King' follows four people who lived through the drug epidemic". NPR.
- ^ "Why Crack Became the 1980s 'Superdrug'". 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Romanoff, Zan (2023-07-07). "No such thing as a 'crackhead': Drawing stories and lessons from the last drug epidemic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X Ramsey". www.publishersweekly.com. Invalid date. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ WHEN CRACK WAS KING | Kirkus Reviews.
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