Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam read by Ethan Herrise
Sixteen-year-old Amal Shahid is a young black man with a promising future. A talented visual artist, his large-scale works feature innovative design and bold use of color. He recently earned a coveted spot for a prestigious high school art exhibition. His talent is not limited to visual expression. He is also a poet. One night he finds himself in a situation he never considered possible. A combination of wrong place, wrong skin, wrong time set him up for criminal conviction and subsequent incarceration that should never have happened. The only witness who knows the truth is in a coma. |
Additional Resources
Ethan Herrise recording Punching Air | Interview with Zoboi and Salaam | The Exonerated Five |