Like Water Running Off My Back
Africa World Press, 2002
By M.K. Asante, Jr.

This collection of poetry is a window into the mind and soul of a hip young poet intent on searching for the “truth in everything”. Asante Jr. writes in the tradition of African American poets who have laid a foundation rich in culture and rhythm. Like Water Running Off My Back confronts contemporary issues with a profound lyricism. This young poet represents the rhythmic voice of a new generation.

The poems in Like Water Running Off My Back, are driven by a music heard in the deep recesses of our collective African-American memory. What is remarkable about them is their energy, their focus, their truth -- and that they emerge from a generation many of us believe had been lost. Bravo!"
—Charles Fuller, Pulitzer Prize Winner