SWEET JUICE: The Black Knight of Washington Heights
By Vernon Snell
Length8h 55m
About this audiobook
A Poetic Cinema Journey Through Memory, Survival, Desire, and the Human Experience
What happens when the sweetness of life becomes the very thing that challenges our survival?
In Sweet Juice, author Vernon Snell takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the streets of Washington Heights, exploring childhood, hip-hop culture, family, fatherhood, money, ambition, love, addiction, and the emotional consequences of a life filled with extraordinary experiences.
Blending autobiographical testimony, philosophical reflection, poetry, and rhythmic storytelling, Snell transforms personal memories into a cinematic exploration of the human condition.
From the rooftops of 1970s New York to the complexities of adulthood, Sweet Juice questions what society teaches us to desire, what we sacrifice to obtain it, and what remains when everything we once believed defined success begins to disappear.
Created through Poetic Cinema,
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Education and Learning
Length8 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Front Matter
2Chapter One: Me and You, Never Alone
3Chapter One: Me and You, Never Alone
4Chapter Two: The Sweet Disguise
5Chapter Three: The Price of a Pinch
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6Chapter Four: The Chemistry of Wanting
7Chapter Five: Medicine, Sugar, and the Search for Relief
8Chapter Six: The Sweetness We Inherit Part 1
9Chapter Six: The Sweetness We Inherit Part 2
10Chapter Seven: Sugar Hill, 1982 — The Classroom and the Streets
11Chapter Seven: Sugar Hill, 1982 — The Classroom and the Streets
12Chapter Eight: Just Begun — Cardboard, Crews, and the Music of the Streets
13Chapter Nine: Fling's Fun Into the Deep
14Chapter Ten: Julio and the Yellow Datsun — The Man Who Moved
15Chapter Eleven: The Currency of the Streets — Money, Reputation, and the Part 1
16Chapter Eleven: The Currency of the Streets — Money, Reputation, and the Part 2
17Chapter Twelve: The Groovy Tale of Hip-Hop Street — Love, Rhythm, and Part 1
18Chapter Twelve: The Groovy Tale of Hip-Hop Street — Love, Rhythm, and Part 2
19Chapter Thirteen Part 1
20Chapter Thirteen Part 2
21Chapter Fourteen Part 1
22Chapter Fourteen Part 2
23Chapter Fifteen Part 1
24Chapter Fifteen Part 2
25Chapter Sixteen Part 1
26Chapter Sixteen Part 2
27Chapter Seventeen Part 1
28Chapter Seventeen Part 2
29Chapter Eighteen Part 1
30Chapter Eighteen Part 2
31Chapter Nineteen Part 1
32Chapter Nineteen Part 2
33Chapter Nineteen Part 3
34Chapter Twenty Part 1
35Chapter Twenty Part 2
36Chapter Twenty-One Part 1
37Chapter Twenty-One Part 2
38Chapter Twenty-One Part 3
39Chapter Twenty-Two Part 1
40Chapter Twenty-Two Part 2
41Chapter Twenty-Three Part 1
42Chapter Twenty-Three Part 2
43Chapter Twenty-Three Part 3
44Chapter Twenty-Four Part 1
45Chapter Twenty-Four Part 2
46Chapter Twenty-Four Part 3
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