Jason Reynolds On His Novel, "Long Way Down"

"Long Way Down" is National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller Jason Reynolds’s fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, the book is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.