Straight Shooter A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
by Stephen A. Smith
NY. Gallery Books. 2023. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed by Stephen A. on the signature page. 276pp.
Growing up poor in Queens, the son of Caribbean immigrants and the youngest of six children, he was a sports-obsessed kid who faced a number of struggles, from undiagnosed dyslexia to getting enough cereal to fill his bowl. As a basketball player at Winston-Salem State University, he got a glimmer of his true calling writing for the newspaper.