Growing up in the hood was more like, “live in the hood, die in the hood.” You were lucky if you made it out alive.
Bending Genres has published my piece “Not Because They Hate Us” which deals with inner city violence.
Thank you for reading
Photo by Matthew Henry from Burst
Jose Oseguera 
Congratulations on being published!
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Thank you!
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Oh, yes! This tells me more than any news article could tell me. Thank you.
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I agree. Unfortunately, what gets reported in the news is the “safe” version of what really happens in these neighborhoods. Thanks again for reading my work.
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I LOVED it. Congratulations!!!!
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Thank you so much for stopping by and for your kind words.
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