What they are saying about Ticket to Exile . . .
"Fast-paced, arresting, sensual, disturbing, and always dramatic, Ticket to Exile sings America from the raw heart of yet another of her darker brothers." - Al Young, Poet Laureate emeritus of California
". . . a memoir that ranks with the best written by Americans . . . . I would place it on the shelf next to Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, and Haki Madhubuti's Yellow Black." - Ishmael Reed, poet, author and editor
"This is a coming-of-age tale with a singular bite. Noted poet Adam David Miller takes readers to a time and a place distant, but sadly familiar. His story is replete with ironies, revealing subtle aspects of both black and white societies. It is characterized by the portrayal of the author's own resilient personality and flashes of gripping language that help render it a crisp and compelling story." - Gerald Haslam, author of Haslam's Valley
"Adam David Miller's story of coming-of-age in the Jim Crow South is gripping . . . . This recent past is one we all need to remember, and Ticket to Exile is spellbinding personal witness." - Valerie Sayers, author of Brain Fever and Who Do You Love
"Ticket to Exile is a shining light, a glowing beam of human experience and inner truth cutting through the bitter fog of racism, the vein of fear and cruelty that has shrouded American history." - Joyce Jenkins, editor of Poetry Flash
"Adam David Miler keeps his ear to the ground and a keen poet's eye on the world around him in accounts of his life from birth to manhood. How he struggles to obtain a ticket out of those environs is like nothing you've ever heard." - Mei Nakano, author of Japanese American Women: Three Generations, 1890-1990
"In a world where we are accustomed to sound bites uttered in nano-seconds, Ticket to Exile provides an opportunity to slow down, settle in, and share in the life of another person." - Luisah Teish, author of Jump Up: Seasonal Celebrations from the World's Deep Traditions
