Homie

Homie PDF

Author: Danez Smith

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1644451093

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR POETRY Danez Smith is our president Homie is Danez Smith’s magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of Smith’s close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia, and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to survive, even harder to remember reasons for living. But then the phone lights up, or a shout comes up to the window, and family—blood and chosen—arrives with just the right food and some redemption. Part friendship diary, part bright elegy, part war cry, Homie is the exuberant new book written for Danez and for Danez’s friends and for you and for yours.

Homies #1

Homies #1 PDF

Author: David Gonzales

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Published: 2016-10-05

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

It's time to go back to the barrío with the HOMIES! The surprise hit of the 90's is back in a brand-new comic book series co-plotted by original HOMIES creator David Gonzales and "Adventures of Grumpy Cat" writer Elliott Serrano, featuring all-new stories and never-before-seen characters. With art and covers by Andrew Huerta, HOMIES #1 features the long-awaited wedding of Hollywood and Gata. It's been a day that she has imagined for her entire life, but now Gata has to deal with everyone trying to ruin it! What will she do when she hears the whispers about Hollywood and his womanizing ways? Will the wedding still take place when everything that can go wrong actually does? Is Hollywood destined to be a bachelor for life, or will Gata finally get him to settle down? It's a day that will be full of love, laughs and heartbreak. But for who? It's time to go back to the barrío with the HOMIES! The surprise hit of the 90's is back in a brand-new comic book series co-plotted by original HOMIES creator David Gonzales and "Adventures of Grumpy Cat" writer Elliott Serrano, featuring all-new stories and never-before-seen characters. With art and covers by Andrew Huerta, HOMIES #1 features the long-awaited wedding of Hollywood and Gata. It's been a day that she has imagined for her entire life, but now Gata has to deal with everyone trying to ruin it! What will she do when she hears the whispers about Hollywood and his womanizing ways? Will the wedding still take place when everything that can go wrong actually does? Is Hollywood destined to be a bachelor for life, or will Gata finally get him to settle down?

What's A Homie

What's A Homie PDF

Author: SxnBad

Publisher: Master Expressions LLC

Published: 2022-09-09

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

Each with complications from childhood, five teenagers become united through a notorious street gang. Through their deep affiliation the members are set up for losses as they come face to face with the harsh realities and consequences of gang life. Will the teens remain close through their trial and tribulations that involve sex, pimping, money, murder and drugs; or will temptation be the cause of division amongst the crew when loyalties are questioned as they engage in violent retaliation against rival hoods causing near death experiences for some and fatalities for others, all while remaining systematically influenced by street conduct and sticking to the G-code. Come along for a ride through the streets of Los Angeles as these five individuals become intertwined within the overwhelming lifestyle of California’s gangland.

Psst! Homie!

Psst! Homie! PDF

Author: Alex Garcia

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2020-04-26

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1728359880

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

My Califa’s Rehab Rangers booking number is YA-65544; I will never forget it. This is a first-hand narration of growing in the 1980’s and 1990’s around criminally infested streets of Los Diablos County, Califas. This autobiography describes a gang initiation, drug involvement, and twenty years of arrests for various low-level non-violent crimes. It is an adventurous entourage through police precincts and juvenile hall institutions leading to Los Diablos’ dreadful Twin Titans Corrective Facilities, including Califa’s Rehab Rangers. Eventually, we will visit the ever-controversial Immigration and Child Endowments’ holding camps tossing out legal and illegal immigrants with lifetime deportations ignoring all American-raised families. Part memoir, part inspiration—total human institutionalization and dehumanization, uncut. In addition, we will explore human life complexities within today’s state-of-the-art prisons and we will see men coping for survival with only their essential necessities to strive. Moreover, questions will abound about our innate free will, that is, are we indeed free from Big Brother? Is the separation of migrant families legal? This story may also serve as an academic reference to our technical legality of incarceration—and once inside, what are our constitutions protecting prisoners’ rights, or should they have any legal protections whatsoever. Indeed, we are forever cognizant that not everything under our sun is a ray of hope for every man; therefore, our daily challenge is to withhold those glorious constitutions that grant us universal liberty of choice. At our day’s end, literature is mind’s liberty.

When I Saw My Homie Die

When I Saw My Homie Die PDF

Author: Rosie Wiggins

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Published: 2023-06-22

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1977266282

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

As we tread the course through this journey called life, we sometimes take things for granted. We seemingly forget that our life has an expiration date, and there will be check points along the way. Has life given you a reality check, lately? Maybe it has, and you didn't notice because it didn't hit close enough to home. Read this very touching story to find out how the reality of death can slap you in the face so fast and so hard.... it can change your life forever! When right in the midst of a joke or a smile, your life takes a turn for the worst, and you know that things will never look quite the same again. INSTANT METAMORPHOSIS!!! When memories are all thar's left of a friendship that has lasted for as long as you can remember. You begin to wonder if you’re mentally stable enough to survive such a traumatic blow. Oftentimes when one goes through a sudden trauma, you will find that what you need to get through the situation has been in you all along. Death is not always expected, but it will certainly come. Preparation is the best defense to such a villain.

Homies and Hermanos

Homies and Hermanos PDF

Author: Robert Brenneman

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0199753849

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

Using the tools of sociological theory, Robert Brenneman seeks to discover why a pot-smoking, gun-wielding "homie" gang member would want to trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano (brother in Christ) - and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it.

My Kind

My Kind PDF

Author: Megan Gannon

Publisher:

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780646995373

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

In 'My Kind' with Eddie's Lil' Homies children learn ways to show kindness. When Eddie was drafted to the AFL he faced challenges due to his inability to read or write. Due to this, he hopes all children can have equal opportunities. This is Ed's first book and it's all about spreading kindness and treating everyone equally. It also makes reading fun, so rap or rhyme with your own Lil' Homies.