Book · 2013 · Administration of Criminal justice
Writing my wrongs
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Why people recommend it
Writing My Wrongs by Shaka Senghor is a powerful memoir detailing the author's journey through the prison system, redemption, and personal transformation after committing a murder. Ben Horowitz discussed the book extensively on the a16z Podcast, describing how his wife connected with Senghor and obtained a galley copy before praising the work's raw honesty and poetic writing. Horowitz recounted how Oprah Winfrey had also read the book and used passages from it to question Senghor about his troubled childhood and the realities of his upbringing. During the podcast, Horowitz raised specific episodes from the text, such as Senghor's early experiences in jail and witnessing brutal violence, to explore what lessons could be drawn from those harrowing environments. Furthermore, Horowitz expressed surprise at the deep level of self-reflection present throughout the memoir, noting that it offered a profound look into the complex decisions, intellectual awakening, and psychological shifts that allowed Senghor to navigate and eventually rise within the prison hierarchy before ultimately finding redemption. The speakers used the memoir to explore themes of criminal justice, personal accountability, and the capacity for profound human change.
Every mention
Ben Horowitz I was like Oprah told me the story about this guy Shaq I like its incredible story and I just wanted to tel… 4
“Oprah said well van I had read his book and I knew there was a part in the book that I wanted to ask him about because I didn't think that was right”
“I was like Oprah told me the story about this guy Shaq I like its incredible story and I just wanted to tell her the story but she goes on Facebook and like tries to connect to him and like then he like accepts the friend request and so next thing I know she's like oh look I got his”
“one of the things I remember from the book that really struck me was the first time when you were in jail not even prison but jail and the guy but the other guy don't utter a serial or something”
“one of the things that really surprised me about your story cuz it's you know story a prison or redemption at the high level you know you have in your mind one way but when I read the book what I started to see was a lot of your reflection”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“it's one of the things that inspired me to write writing my wrongs because I really wanted people to understand how are you go from the innocence of childhood to being caught up in his very addictive culture”
“Ben Horowitz sits down with Shaka Senghor author of writing my wrongs life death and redemption in an American prison”
“when I was in prison I started writing I wrote in and published along with everything my first novel so we scrapped up our little funds and and and probably invested about three thousand dollars to buy a thousand copies of the book”