I discovered David Simmons through my good friend J David Osborne who was publishing his debut novel. I picked up Ghosts of East Baltimore and was completely floored. One of my favorite novels of 2022. It’s a novel that begins stable and in a way that you think you know where this is all heading. Then it veers off the road and keeps fishtailing wildly until its absolute gobsmacking resolution.
I been grandstanding bout David Simmons joint n wut he does tween dem pages since I came across last year wen we met on Twitter/Xitter. Got his next joint in da Q too. He reps B-More hard.
I learned about Ghosts of East Baltimore because I saw Edward hollering about it somewhere on the internet, and so fiery was his passion that I was convinced to give it a read. Read it in two sittings (well, one standing, on the train, and one sitting) and then went on to evangelize it to my friends as well.
That put me onto the whole Broken River world and my life has never been the same.
Can't wait to read the new book. David Simmons is a genius.
Definitely need to check this out. At a glance it makes me think of Kelsey Ronan's debut novel Chevy in the Hole which is set in Flint and Detroit Michigan. I feel like I learned so much about life there from reading it.
My boa.
I been grandstanding bout David Simmons joint n wut he does tween dem pages since I came across last year wen we met on Twitter/Xitter. Got his next joint in da Q too. He reps B-More hard.
I hope Baltimore stays Baltimore forever.
I learned about Ghosts of East Baltimore because I saw Edward hollering about it somewhere on the internet, and so fiery was his passion that I was convinced to give it a read. Read it in two sittings (well, one standing, on the train, and one sitting) and then went on to evangelize it to my friends as well.
That put me onto the whole Broken River world and my life has never been the same.
Can't wait to read the new book. David Simmons is a genius.
Hell yes!
Definitely need to check this out. At a glance it makes me think of Kelsey Ronan's debut novel Chevy in the Hole which is set in Flint and Detroit Michigan. I feel like I learned so much about life there from reading it.
I'll have to check that out!
Loved Kelsey's novel (and her playlist for it: https://largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2022/03/kelsey_ronans_p.html), will check out David's book!