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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

books from donald goines

  1. Dopefiend" (1971)

    • "Dopefiend" is based on Donald Goines' life. needle image by Zbigniew Nowak from Fotolia.com
      "Dopefiend" was Donald Goines' debut novel based on his life to that point. After writing the book, he paid his sister 10 cents per page to proofread before sending it off to a publisher.
      Dopefiend is a gripping, raw and almost sickening narrative depicting two young adults and their darkness in a world of drugs, mostly heroin. The story digs deep into what an addict faces and the world he lives in, almost allowing the reader to understand what life as a dope fiend is like.

    "Whoreson" (1972)

    • In "Whoreson," Goines takes his readers on a wild ride through the world of prostitution within in the ghetto. By the young age of 16, Goines himself was a ruthless, cold-blooded pimp. His writing is gritty, no-nonsense street talk that depicts the struggles and hell of an inner city life.
      The main character, named Whoreson, was born by a prostitute and through his story the readers finds that sadly he was given no other option in life but to serve as a pimp. This is the story of Whoreson changing from a boy to a man.

    "Black Gangster" (1972)

    • Prince, the hero in "Black Gangster," was born from Goines' experiences on the street as a pimp, small-time drug dealer and armed robber. Prince's story revolves around black organized crime and how a young gang lord turns into a powerful, full-fledged Detroit city mobster. Essentially, "Black Gangster" is the story of the rise of Prince's empire.

    "Street Players" (1973)

    • "Street Players" is a story of one man's world which is under control one minute and crumbling the next. Earl is a successful pimp, but he's not just any ordinary fast-talking hustler. He is depicted as a real man with real vulnerabilities that readers don't normally get to see in a character of this type. Earl's street life comes to life through Goines' straight-forward, no-sugar-coating narration of the rise and fall of a street player.

    "Black Girl Lost" (1974)

    • Sandra is the black girl lost in this book. She was born to a mother who favored her love of alcohol over the care of her own child. Having grown up in an unstable and unhealthy household, Sandra found comfort in a boy who understood what she had been through, Chink. "Black Girl Lost" is the roller coaster ride of Sandra and Chink, from drug busts to rape, and even murder.

    "White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief" (1973)

    • Goines' time in prison is what lead him to writing. prison image by Albert Lozano from Fotolia.com
      "White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief" is the story of Chester, an African-American man in prison. Goines vividly details the workings within the justice system and what happens to men in prison. It chronicles life in prison from the overcrowding to the filthy living conditions and the violence to the homosexual acts. Having experienced life in prison himself --- which is where he first began writing --- Goines gives the reader a look through his eyes at the life of incarcerated men.

    "Never Die Alone" (1974)

    • Never Die Alone is the novel based on the diary of Paul Pawlowski, a street gangster who lived a tough life of cheating, drugs, and crime. Set against the backdrop of crime-ridden New York, Goines tells the story of life as a gangster and how after all is said and done, no matter who you are and what kind of life you've lived, no one wants to die alone.

    "Swamp Man" (1974)

    • Swamp Man, also known as George, is an African American man in Mississippi. He continually watches a couple of white guys rape his sister one or two times per week for a couple of years while he slowly and carefully plots his revenge. Goines tells a heart-wrenching and severely disturbing story that may leave the average reader drained and hopeless with an ending far short of a fairytale.

    "Daddy Cool" (1974)

    • "Daddy Cool" is Donald Goines' fantasy of Shakespearean-like revenge. The story features a professional hit man whose only daughter is wrongfully led into a life of prostitution which sends his life into a full-blown turmoil he has never felt before. Does he stay loyal to his ways? Or does he change to make a better life for his daughter? As usual, Goines doesn't take the easy way out but instead shows a beautifully tragic and heartbreaking story of street struggles and inner conflict.

    Al C. Clark, aka Donald Goines

    • "Crime Partners," "Death List," and "Cry Revenge" are a few of the many novels written by Donald Goines under the pen name of Al C. Clark. Due to the way his previous books were seen, Goines figured it would be safer for him to write as someone else. Even after changing his name, Goines' protection came too late. After penning several novels under his alias, it was presumed his writing gave too true a look into inner cities and life on the streets including profiles of real people who didn't want to the character in a book. It was these assumptions which may have led to Donald Goines' murder, ending his life and his writing.


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    Donald Goines

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    Donald Goines
    BornDecember 15, 1936(1936-12-15)
    Detroit, Michigan
    DiedOctober 21, 1974(1974-10-21) (aged 37)
    Detroit, Michigan, USA
    OccupationNovelist
    NationalityAmerican
    Literary movementBlack literature
    Notable work(s)Black Gangster
    Crime Partners
    Death List
    Dopefiend
    Kenyatta's Escape
    Kenyatta's Last Hit
    Never Die Alone
    Whoreson


    Donald Goines (pseudonym: Al C. Clark[1]) (December 15, 1936 – October 21, 1974) was an African American writer of urban fiction. His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Iceberg Slim.

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    [edit] Life

    He was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 15, 1936, to a middle-class black family. He was addicted to heroin at various points in his life. Goines accomplished an amazing feat by writing 16 books in five years. He began his writing career while serving time at Michigan's Jackson Penitentiary, where he was influenced by the work of Iceberg Slim. In his vivid depictions of ghetto and prison life, Goines employed both standard English and dialectal forms to great effect.[2]
    Some of Goines's novels have become films, such as Never Die Alone,[1] which starred DMX, and Crime Partners, which starred Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, and Ja Rule.[3] A minor independent movie made of his life was released in 2003. Goines's better known works include Black Gangster, the semi-autobiographical Whoreson, Dopefiend, Street Players, Eldorado Red, Daddy Cool (which was made into a graphic novel) and White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief. Inner City Hoodlum, which Goines had finished before his death, was published posthumously in 1975. The story, set in Los Angeles, was about "smack", money and murder.[2]

    [edit] Death

    Goines and his common-law wife were shot to death in Detroit on the night of October 21, 1974. According to some sources, Goines was gunned down over a failed drug deal.[4] But it is popularly believed that he was murdered by neighborhood criminals who objected to characters and storylines that they thought were based on themselves and thus clues to their identities and crimes. The identity of the killer or killers remains unknown.

    [edit] Novels

    • Dopefiend (1971)
    • Whoreson (1972)
    • Black Gangster (1972)
    • Street Players (1973)
    • White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief (1973)
    • Black Girl Lost (1974)
    • Eldorado Red (1974)
    • Swamp Man (1974)
    • Never Die Alone (1974)
    • Crime Partners (1974) [as Al C. Clark]
    • Death List (1974) [as Al C. Clark]
    • Cry Revenge (1974) [as Al C. Clark]
    • Kenyatta's Escape (1974) [as Al C. Clark]
    • Daddy Cool (1974)
    • Kenyatta's Last Hit (1975) [as Al C. Clark]
    • Inner City Hoodlum (1975)

    [edit] Influence

    Reference is made to Donald Goines by the following rappers:

    Grand Puba
    The skills go back to the days of flippin' coins
    Pass time readin' books by my man Donald Goines
    -from 'Who Can Get Busy Like This Man...' One for All [1990]
    Common:
    I'm the act to follow, housing kids like Ronald
    Mac like Donald Goines, flows I change like coins
    -from 'Orange Pineapple Juice' "Resurrection" [1994]
    East Flatbush Project
    Write like Donald Goines from Flatbush to (sic) Saint Des Moines
    -from "Can't Hold It Back" [1994]
    RZA
    feeling like a Dopefiend character from Donald Goines.
    -from 'Trippin' Gravediggaz - 6 feet Deep [1994]
    AZ:
    Too hard to follow, you took a bite but couldn't swallow.
    Your mind's boggled, but I'm as deep as Donald Goines novels
    –from 'Rather Unique' Doe or Die [1995]
    2Pac:
    Criminal ties for centuries, a legend in my own rhymes,
    So niggaz whisper when they mention,
    Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure,
    Moms sent me to go play with the drug dealers.
    -from 'Tradin' War Stories' All Eyez On Me [1996]
    E-40 :
    Spend about a half a hundred thousand
    boost up my coins
    proceed to spit mo supafly
    than Donald Goines
    from 'Record Haters', Tha Hall of Game [1996]
    Nas:
    With so much drama in QBC,
    Kinda hard being Escobaro,
    Eldorado Red, sippin Dom out the bottle,
    my life is like a Donald Goines novel.
    –from 'Escobar '97 Men in Black Soundtrack [1997]
    Cappadonna
    Read it like a novel, DonnaCappa Goines,
    Strivin' my duns need dollars and coins.
    -from 'Slang Editorial' The Pillage [1997]
    Ghostface Killah:
    Lines from Dolemite,
    A few tips from Goines,
    Birthday,
    Gave her 2 fifty-cent coins.
    -from 'Child's Play' "Supreme Clientele" [1998]
    Memphis Bleek:
    That credit you dead it, I know heads gettin' annoyed,
    And knew all about a dope fiend before reading Donald Goines
    -from 'Can I Live II' Reasonable Doubt (Jay-Z) [1999]
    Ludacris:
    So I picked up a couple books by Donald Goines,
    About the business of this shit, how to flip a few coins.
    -from 'Eyebrows Down' Chicken & Beer [2003]
    Andre Nickatina
    You Know The Way I keep It Flowin'
    is Like The Life Of Donald Goines,
    My Homies Like That Pimpin, Hoeing
    Cop It, Drop It, Cop It, Blowin
    -from "CottonCandyLand" "Horns And Halos 2"[2005]
    Jadakiss:
    The revolver or matty’s cool,
    Knife game like Daddy Cool, since Bally shoes.
    -from 'Mighty D-Block' "Walk Witt Me" (Sheek Louch) [2005]
    MF Grimm:
    If Donald Goines wrote my life my name would be Kenyatta
    I don't choose to kill a brother but to stay alive right now I gotta
    -from 'Take Em To War' "Scars and Memories" [2005]
    Vado
    Like Donald Goines you write a hell of a story
    -from 'Fetti' "Boss of All Bosses" [2009]
    Canibus
    Mountain man axe to your loins
    Self-employed like Donald Goines, cash cows on steroids
    I don't fall for deceptions or decoys
    -from 'Lyrical Noir' Lyrical Law [2011]

    Also, there is a rapper with the moniker Donny Goines, which was derived from Donald Goines.[5] One of the members from rap group Pitch Black goes by the name of D.G. which was inspired by Donald Goines. D.G. also mentioned Donald Goines in the song "R U Ready 4 This (feat. Busta Rhymes)" from Pitch Black's album "Pitch Black Law".

    [edit] References

    1. ^ a b http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/goines.htm
    2. ^ a b Donald Goines
    3. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/r/search/imdb_index.jsp?page=/title/tt0265133/
    4. ^ http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/sub/donald_goines.html
    5. ^ http://www.okayplayer.com/interviews/latest-interviews/donny-goines:-what_s-behind-a-name%3F-200905268079/
    • Allen, Eddie B., Jr. Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004.
    • Nishikawa, Kinohi. "Donald Goines." Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2009. 102-6.
    • Stone, Eddie. Donald Writes No More. Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1974.

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