The Book
Every Corner Has a Name
A Memoir of Grief, Forgiveness, and Learning It's OK to Cry
I was two years old when a bullet took my father. I didn't cry for him until I was forty-five.
In between, gun violence kept coming. My uncle. My cousins. Friends I grew up with on corners that now carry their names. I did what a lot of men from my neighborhood do. I held it. I built a life, a family, a foundation. And I never let myself fall apart.
Then, in 2024, the phone rang. Decades later, there was going to be a trial. In 2025 I walked into a courtroom and looked at the man who killed my father.
This book is what happened next. It's about grief that doesn't run on anybody's schedule, forgiveness that isn't weakness, and the strength it takes to finally cry. It's for anyone carrying a name.
Publisher: The Philly Made Us Foundation · Published 2026 · 277 pages
Hardcover ISBN 979-8-16-668550-6 · Memoir / Grief & Bereavement
Contains strong language. Discusses gun violence, suicide, and trauma.
The Audiobook
Every Corner Has a Name · MP3 · 5 hours
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A moment for you
What are you carrying?
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Inside the book
Letters to the people I lost
My father. My uncle. My cousins. My friends. I finally said what I never got to say.
Honest talk about grief
Grief in Black men, in families, in neighborhoods where funerals come too often and nobody talks about it.
A journey in five parts
With a guided journal, a personal grief plan, and a discussion guide for book clubs and groups.
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