Donnell Alexander

My 46th birthday is coming up in July....

I'm just trying to offer tomorrow's story today. If that seems edgy, well... I'll admit that it's a continuing struggle, a journey with no end. My performances on blogs and in social networking aren't to be separated from the books and pieces I've made for other media. Or that I've performed live. It is all my writing.

Having said that, this is Amazon, and it's books you're after.

So, here it is. The book part of my story:

1

Ghetto Celebrity

My 2003 memoir, published by Crown. GC received excellent reviews, but not mainstream reviews. Keith Olbermann blurbed it in between peaks of fame. Toure liked it... The book is highly stylized, the most ambitious thing I've tried. An eight-page graphic interlude announces my interest in using comics and such to tell stories.

2

Rollin' with Dre

Entrepreneur Bruce Williams utilized my sense of West Coast rap music history in bringing to life his time as Dr. Dre's right-hand man. I enjoyed making this book a lot, as the product has such a great, insider-y feel to it. In fact, you pretty much need to have a solid understanding of hip-hop as it was in the Death Row era. Otherwise, the revelations will be lost on you.

3

Beyond Ellis D

Writing on Dock Ellis, a legendarily unusual baseball player. A different version of this book is available for iPad consumption. Rolling Stone called Beyond Ellis D "fascinating" and the product was recommended by TheRoot.com

Also, I've had great essay and fiction-writing moments between book covers, in anthologies such as Shiny Adidas Track Suits and the Death of Camp, Step into a World and The Cocaine Chronicles. Anything else? I have three children who I try to see as often as possible while living in San Francisco, Portland and Los Angeles.