Donald Goineswas born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Air Force instead of going into his family's dry cleaning business. Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime. He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years. While he was in prison, Goines wrote his first two novels,Dopefiend- The Story of a Black JunkieandWhoreson- The Story of a Ghetto Pimp.Goines was shot to death in 1974.
Praise for Donald Goines
“A true master at depicting street life in its rawest, most
authentic form, Mr. Goines mastered the art of storytelling from
the darkest corner of America: the ghetto. His brilliance still
shines through and touches the soul of modern black culture.”
—JaQuavis Coleman, New York Times bestselling author
“Donald Goines is the most iconic voice in urban fiction. His
masterful pen is timeless.” —Ashley Antoinette, New York Times
bestselling author
“I learned to read on Donald Goines. His books are classics.” —Carl
Weber, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Urban
Books
“A timeless writer, Donald Goines laid the foundation for all who
came after. Fifty years later, his novels continue to inspire urban
fiction from one generation to the next.” —Wahida Clark, New York
Times bestselling author
“Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure.”
—Tupac Shakur
“The voice of the ghetto itself.” —The Village Voice
“He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly
recreated the street jungle and its predators.” —New Jersey
Voice
“Donald Goines is one of Hip Hop’s Greatest Inspirations.” —The
Source Magazine
“The godfather of black pulp fiction.” —Salon.com
“Goines put you right there in the action.” —AllHipHop.com
“Donald Goines, a brilliant writer of street literature, captures
the pain of addiction perfectly.” —Black Enterprise, The 18 Best
Books of All Time
“Goines’s influence on hip-hop, pulp-fiction, movies, and scores of
authors deserves as much praise as a James Baldwin or Richard
Wright, who also wrote about Black life in the ghetto.” —Darryl
Robertson, hip hop journalist
“Donald Goines was for the streets [in the 70s] what the rappers
are today. . . . He was in the streets, of the streets and spoke
for the streets.” —Chaz Williams, CEO of Black Hand
Entertainment
“Donald Goines has become, decades after his death, one of the most
influential African-American authors in the African-American
literary canon.” —Thumpers Corner
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