Miseducated instinct along with unfettered access to

along with unfettered access to Pollard himself and his extensive archives

Winner of the Books for a Better Life First Book Award

And it distills the complexities

Gavin Grey is everyone's All-American

" -Kirkus Reviews

Miseducated instinct along with unfettered access toAn inspiring memoir of one mans transformation from a delinquent, drug dealing dropout to an award winning Harvard educator through literature and debateall by the age of twenty seven. Brandon P. Fleming grew up in an abusive home and was shuffled through school, his passing grades a nod to his skill on the basketball court, not his presence in the classroom. He turned to the streets and drug deals by fourteen, saved only by the dream of basketball