Shaka Senghor wrote his first book in solitary confinement and sent the only copy to an inmate across the hall on a fish line. When that inmate called it one of the greatest books he'd read, it terrified and thrilled him enough to write another. He learned that greatness isn't a moment, it's doing the work again.
So I wrote that first book. Did you write that in prison? I wrote the first one in solitary. He had a little flimsy ink pen. And then I had this moment where I was super excited and jumping in the air like, damn, I finished a book. And I was like, well, a book isn't a book until you send it to somebody. I put it on a fish line and I sent it to a guy in a cell across from me. I remember the heart stopping feeling I had once that book slid under my door. It was my only copy. You'll never go back and reproduce in that manner. So I was nervous. Is this guy going to give my book back in solitary? There's nothing I can do if he doesn't until we get to the. But he came back to the door and he's like, man, this is one of the greatest books I've ever read. Initially, I got so excited, and then I thought about it. I was like, well, he's a solitary confinement. It's not like he has tons of options to entertain himself. It challenged me to write a second book because I believe all of us are capable of doing something great once. I think the mark of greatness is the ability to execute over and over is what makes him great.
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