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4.5 Stars

I came across “Losing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man’s Escape From the Crowd” while searching GoodReads one day for a book set in New Jersey.

What I liked about this memoir: Very good, concise writing. I’m amazed the book is just over 200 pages; it could have been much longer. Thomas not only shows the outward manifestation of Hip-Hop culture on his life, but he also swept me up into his thought processes and emotions throughout his growth and transformation. I really felt like I got to know him as a person.

(The first half of the book is R-rated)