Street Fiction: Urban Fiction Author Interviews, Urban Fiction News, and Urban Fiction Book Reviews » Childress Alice http://www.streetfiction.org Hip Hop, Street Lit, and Urban Fiction Book Reviews and Author Interviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:04:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A HERO AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A SANDWICH by Alice Childress http://www.streetfiction.org/a-hero-ain%e2%80%99t-nothin%e2%80%99-but-a-sandwich-by-alice-childress/ http://www.streetfiction.org/a-hero-ain%e2%80%99t-nothin%e2%80%99-but-a-sandwich-by-alice-childress/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 21:09:19 +0000 Daniel http://www.streetfiction.org/?p=1728 Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn’t want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him feel so good, so relaxed, so tuned out? As Benjie sees it, there’s nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste of time, and home life isn’t much better. All Benjie wants is for someone to believe in him, for someone to believe that he’s more than a thirteen-year-old junkie. But Benjie can’t kick heroin for his mother or for his teachers. he needs to do it for himself.

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