J. M. Benjamin won the African American Literary Award’s Best Street Novel of the Year Award in 2006 for Down in the Dirty. He is the author of My Manz and Em, and he has contributed to several anthologies: Menace II Society, Christmas N The Hood with Nikki Turner, and Hood Legends. He is from Plainfield, New Jersey.
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Freddie Holmes could’ve written the book on how to be a player. With his good looks, gift of gab, his Jersey swag, and his ability to put it down in the bedroom, his only source of income is the women he manipulates. After meeting Simone, however, he is... SEE MORE