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Woven together with lyrical poetry and revealing narrative, musician and artist Eze Jackson’s debut memoir, Black Boys Don’t Cry In Front of Girls, is a candid collection of the stories, scars, and strain of Jackson’s boyhood in Baltimore and subsequent struggles with addiction. With unflinching courage and wry humor, Jackson questions and reflects on the intersecting roles masculinity and race play for Black men by recalling the influence they’ve had directly on himself and those around him. Wearing his heart on his sleeve, Jackson profoundly shows us the reality of what it means to be hurt, hindered, and healed.

Praise for BLACK BOYS DON’T CRY IN FRONT OF GIRLS:

“Black Boys Don’t Cry in Front of Girls is a riveting and poignant autobiographical collection of poems and short stories. It is both a nuanced sharing of life and lived experience and a powerful work of self-reflection that allows the reader to feel as though they are, and have always been, present for Eze’s journey…. The gift here is Eze Jackson’s willingness to share, and the visceral, vibrant, masterful and honest way in which he does so.”

—Wendel Patrick, from the foreword

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Release Date: February 16, 2027