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In The Adventures of a Northeast Baltimore Boy, Albert Phillips Jr. writes honestly about growing up a curious and ambitious Black boy moving between West Baltimore and Northeast Baltimore. The book captures Albert after transitioning from Sandtown as a youngster to Belair-Edison and Cedonia, where he spends his teenage years navigating life in a blended family while continuing to make sense of the world around him. Along the way, he explores online battle rap, dreams of basketball stardom, dabbles in entrepreneurship, and pursues other teenage interests and ambitions while navigating friendships, school struggles, and the weight of tremendous personal loss. Through these moments, Albert traces the complicated process of becoming a young man while carrying the weight of the people and places he comes from. Honest, humorous, and reflective, this coming-of-age memoir explores identity, masculinity, family, and how the neighborhoods that raise us stay with us long after we leave them.
Note: This is a limited-edition thesis project created as part of my graduation requirements from University of Baltimore’s MFA program.
In The Adventures of a Northeast Baltimore Boy, Albert Phillips Jr. writes honestly about growing up a curious and ambitious Black boy moving between West Baltimore and Northeast Baltimore. The book captures Albert after transitioning from Sandtown as a youngster to Belair-Edison and Cedonia, where he spends his teenage years navigating life in a blended family while continuing to make sense of the world around him. Along the way, he explores online battle rap, dreams of basketball stardom, dabbles in entrepreneurship, and pursues other teenage interests and ambitions while navigating friendships, school struggles, and the weight of tremendous personal loss. Through these moments, Albert traces the complicated process of becoming a young man while carrying the weight of the people and places he comes from. Honest, humorous, and reflective, this coming-of-age memoir explores identity, masculinity, family, and how the neighborhoods that raise us stay with us long after we leave them.
Note: This is a limited-edition thesis project created as part of my graduation requirements from University of Baltimore’s MFA program.