The Ave Magazine Prison Stories Book Review
Currently serving 25 years for selling LSD in Virginia, incarcerated author Ferranti releases his debut novel. Based on his own experiences in jail […]
Currently serving 25 years for selling LSD in Virginia, incarcerated author Ferranti releases his debut novel. Based on his own experiences in jail […]
We used to say things like, “playas have fun/and suckas have none” or “real niggas don’t tell, we go to jail” and things that meant something like “the game is bought, not taught, sold; not told” and the classic that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the subject “pimps up, ho’s down.” Still get a kick outta that one […]
“Prison Stories” is more notable for its author’s prison story than for its literary appeal, but its outlaw rawness mixes well with hip-hop’s street essence […]
We’ve all heard – if not lived – grim tales of prison life, but you can almost smell the stench of a month in “the hole” through actual inmate Seth Ferranti’s words […]
To óvoμa tou Seth Ferranti to avakáñuψa єutєñώç tuxaίa […]
In 1991, facing a mandatory sentence of at least 20 years for leading a small LSD-dealing operation in suburban Virginia, Seth Ferranti faked his own suicide […]
No stranger to the system, Ferranti was arrested in 1993 after faking his own suicide and spending two years as a fugitive on the U.S. Marshal’s “Most Wanted” list […]
Seth Ferranti is 35-years-old and has been in prison for the last 14 years. By the time he is released, he will have spent more than half his life behind bars […]
Nikki Turner self-proclaimed “Queen of Hip-Hop Fiction,” delivers a gift bag of gritty, holiday-themed tales for her third Street Chronicles collection […]
Any gangsta rap fan knows that the genre largely glamorizes the violent, fast-lane lifestyles of street hustlers and bangers. But little is known about the notorious street legends themselves […]