Freelance
D Watkins is a Baltimore writer whose work has been published in Vice and Salon. His debut memoir, Cook Up, will be released by Grand Central in 2015.
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Education
The school of failure
The worst public schools do one thing very well – they teach poor black kids how to stay in the American underclass
D Watkins
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Biography and memoir
Stoop stories
My black friends call it Murderland. My white friends call it Charm City, a town of trendy cafés. I just call it home
D Watkins