Publisher's Synopsis
From PoHo on Dope to Ph.D.is a raw narrative chronicling Dr. Elaine RichardsonÆs early traumas as a young black woman in the ghettoes of Cleveland, Ohio, before she re-invented herself in the halls of the university. Richardson vividly recounts her experiences of dreams deferred, rape, sex-trafficking/prostitution, drug addiction, unwanted single parenthood, and hopelessness before her mother and other mentors encouraged her to value herself and become educated. Dr. Elaine Richardson is Professor of Literacy Studies in the School of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University. She is the author of Hiphop Literacies and co-edited Home Girls Make Some Noise: Hip Hop Feminism Anthology.
