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Associate Professor Greg Donaldson is a writer, actor and teacher. He has written for several newspapers including The New York Times and Newsday. His articles on gangs, crime, police and popular culture have appeared in many major magazines including Rolling Stone, Esquire, Playboy, Men's Health, Sports Illustrated and New York Magazine. His latest book is Zebratown: The True Story of a Black Ex-Con and a White Single Mother in Small Town America. Mark D. Naison is Professor of History and African American Studies at Fordham University, where he also directs the Bronx African American History Project. He is the author of three books, including Communists in Harlem During the Depression."Greg Donaldson depicts his subjects with the immediacy and insight of great fiction, so richly and with such compassion that you come to care deeply about them... This is a powerful book, honestly reported." -Washington Post Book World, from the first edition "Donaldson takes you through Brownsville at breakneck speed. A must read for anyone that's ever wondered what everyday living is really like-in the 'hood." -Kathy Russell, coauthor, The Color Complex, from the first edition "An urgent and powerful book ... [Donaldson] has bravely shadowed his characters to provide drama and detail." -Dallas Morning News, from the first edition "The Ville is an ambitious, densely packed, atmospheric book... [It] brings to life the smells, the feelings, the language of Brownsville-East New York and the people who form its world." -The New York Times Book Review, from the first edition "This is one of those books that make you want to run up and pump the writer's hand. The Ville is about the ghetto of Brownsville in Brooklyn, one of the most murderous neighborhoods in the world, meaner than Mogadishu and probably better armed; and Gred Donaldson, like no one before him, has gotten into the tragic, bullet-ridden heart of the place, learned to love its people and come out with their stories ... The result is vivid, in-your-face journalism..." -Men's Journal, from the first edition "Full of charged moment's...[The Ville] vivifies the humanity of ghetto residents on both sides of the law, and stands as one of the most gripping inner-city chronicles of recent years." -Kirkus Reviews, from the first edition "At considerable risk [Donaldson] has given our wounded society a book that is smart, noble and potentially restorative. Read it. We need to." -The Los Angeles Times Book Review, from the first edition