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The Rose That Grew from Concrete

by Tupac Shakur · 1999

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This collection of more than 100 poems that honestly and artfully confront topics ranging from poverty and motherhood to Van Gogh and Mandela is presented in Tupac Shakur's own handwriting on one side of the page, with a typed version on the opposite side.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Themes
musicmusicMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thisdiversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultadult
Length
short · 176 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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