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D. Watkins is a columnist for Salon. His work has been published in the New York Times, Guardian, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He holds a master's in Education from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Baltimore. He is a college professor at the University of Baltimore and founder of the BMORE Writers Project. Watkins has been the recipient of numerous awards including Ford's Men of Courage and a BME Fellowship. Watkins is from and lives in East Baltimore. He is the author of The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir and The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America

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D Watkins is an award winning author, commentator, professor, columnist, and speaker who has lectured at countless universities, conferences and schools all over the country.

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Both of my books are available NOW!

April 10 2015 | One Comment |

Both of my books are available NOW! to Download From amazon and barnes and noble The Cook Up A Crack Rock Memoir by D. Watkins Reminiscent of the classic Random Family and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, [...]

Baltimore Author Discusses ‘Living (And Dying) While Black’

June 14 2016 | No Comments |

Growing up during the crack era in East Baltimore, author D. Watkins saw firsthand how the drug destroyed communities. "It trashed my neighborhood," Watkins tellsFresh Air's Terry Gross. "I'm old enough to remember before crack really hit, and once i [...]

‘The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir,’ by D. Watkins

May 18 2016 | No Comments |

In 1978, after four years away from American shores and the tempest of public furor, the hypnotic, if sometimes unpredictable, singer Nina Simone released her album “Baltimore.” On the title track, Simone sang of dissonant times in her signature [...]

David Simon Author of The Corner and creator HBO’s The Wire

“THE COOK UP is an important story for both black and white America as well as this country's political leadership to read ``

Chuck Todd correspondent on NBC's Meet the Press

``D. Watkins is beautifully unusual-
He is the voice of the future seamlessly blending the wisdom of the streets and intellectual prowess in a way I have never experienced before.``