Blood Bricks & dandelions: To be Young, Black and Gay

Blood Bricks & dandelions, Kenneth's first effort, is a collection of journal entries, short stories, and poems that highlight the struggles of a young man growing up in one of Baltimore City's most challenging neighborhoods. As do many of the youth brought up in such neighborhoods, Kenneth Morrison must carry a lethal secret as he grows up confronted by drugs, violence, abuse and death. The fear of his homosexuality being revealed-even to himself-seems a greater threat than all of the above. While these individual works are the product of Kenneth's writing from the ages of thirteen to eighteen, they have been compiled for publication to give voice to the countless others with shared experiences.