20:
72:
area of
Baltimore, a tiny enclave of rich, white families, which was surrounded by the primarily black ghetto of west Baltimore. He describes himself as not initially fitting in with either the black or white children in his public elementary school, sparking his decision to "pass" as white. Matthews
77:
High School where he attempted to "pass" as not only white, but Jewish. Lacking any cultural knowledge of Jewish life, Matthews was not accepted as a Jew and continued to search for an identity. Matthews' first book,
101:
He is the author of two non-fiction books. His first, "Ace of Spades", is an autobiographical memoir. His second, "Kicking Ass and Saving Souls" follows the adventurous life of
52:
and left his father when
Matthews was only a few months old. As a result, Matthews was raised by his father, Ralph Matthews, Jr., an African-American journalist who counted
378:
358:
348:
388:
413:
383:
226:
368:
398:
373:
120:, and he has contributed to "The Autobiographers Handbook". He has also written the introduction for the Paris Review edition of
418:
403:
141:
300:
408:
363:
353:
30:(born November 8, 1967) is an American author and screenwriter. Matthews is of African-American and Jewish descent. His
393:
134:
315:
343:
230:
121:
74:
69:
57:
199:
338:
275:
82:
details this search, and is presented in a somewhat acerbic coming-of-age literary style.
8:
117:
38:
204:
155:
109:
165:
178:
148:
102:
65:
113:
332:
86:
49:
19:
42:
90:
251:
53:
61:
31:
60:
among his friends. The
Matthews family lived in the Maryland
160:
330:
229:. American Jewish Life Magazine. Archived from
146:Executive Story Editor for Season 4 of HBO's
16:American author and screenwriter (born 1967)
68:, but in 1977 moved next to the segregated
379:21st-century American non-fiction writers
37:recounts growing up in the inner city of
197:
18:
41:as a biracial child who could pass for
331:
127:
359:21st-century African-American writers
349:20th-century African-American writers
225:Barry, Tina (January–February 2007).
224:
142:Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
132:Matthews' television credits include
389:African-American non-fiction writers
198:Matthews, David (January 21, 2007).
414:Jewish American non-fiction writers
384:21st-century American screenwriters
13:
369:21st-century American male writers
14:
430:
399:American male non-fiction writers
309:
96:
374:21st-century American memoirists
301:Smith Magazine - Memoirville -
268:
244:
218:
191:
159:; and Supervising Producer on
85:Matthews currently resides in
1:
419:Jewish American screenwriters
303:Interview with David Matthews
184:
135:Law & Order: Los Angeles
48:Matthews' Jewish mother had
7:
404:American male screenwriters
172:
10:
435:
409:Jewish American memoirists
364:21st-century American Jews
354:20th-century American Jews
294:
108:His work has appeared in
122:The Catcher in the Rye
75:Baltimore City College
24:
153:Co-Producer on F/X's
22:
394:American biographers
227:"His So-Called Life"
128:Film and television
118:The Huffington Post
39:Baltimore, Maryland
323:The New York Times
205:The New York Times
110:The New York Times
25:
139:Story Editor for
426:
288:
287:
286:
285:
272:
266:
265:
263:
262:
252:"David Matthews"
248:
242:
241:
239:
238:
222:
216:
215:
213:
212:
195:
179:Stefan Templeton
149:Boardwalk Empire
103:Stefan Templeton
66:Washington, D.C.
434:
433:
429:
428:
427:
425:
424:
423:
329:
328:
312:
297:
292:
291:
283:
281:
274:
273:
269:
260:
258:
250:
249:
245:
236:
234:
223:
219:
210:
208:
196:
192:
187:
175:
130:
99:
17:
12:
11:
5:
432:
422:
421:
416:
411:
406:
401:
396:
391:
386:
381:
376:
371:
366:
361:
356:
351:
346:
341:
327:
326:
311:
310:External links
308:
307:
306:
296:
293:
290:
289:
267:
243:
217:
189:
188:
186:
183:
182:
181:
174:
171:
129:
126:
98:
97:Published work
95:
28:David Matthews
23:David Matthews
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
431:
420:
417:
415:
412:
410:
407:
405:
402:
400:
397:
395:
392:
390:
387:
385:
382:
380:
377:
375:
372:
370:
367:
365:
362:
360:
357:
355:
352:
350:
347:
345:
344:Living people
342:
340:
337:
336:
334:
324:
320:
319:
318:Ace of Spades
314:
313:
305:
304:
299:
298:
279:
278:
271:
257:
253:
247:
233:on 2008-11-21
232:
228:
221:
207:
206:
201:
194:
190:
180:
177:
176:
170:
169:
167:
162:
158:
157:
152:
150:
145:
143:
138:
136:
125:
123:
119:
115:
111:
106:
104:
94:
92:
88:
87:New York City
83:
81:
80:Ace of Spades
76:
71:
67:
63:
59:
58:James Baldwin
55:
51:
50:schizophrenia
46:
44:
40:
36:
35:Ace of Spades
33:
29:
21:
322:
317:
302:
282:, retrieved
280:, 2016-02-14
276:
270:
259:. Retrieved
255:
246:
235:. Retrieved
231:the original
220:
209:. Retrieved
203:
193:
164:
154:
147:
140:
133:
131:
107:
100:
84:
79:
47:
34:
27:
26:
339:1967 births
91:Los Angeles
70:Bolton Hill
333:Categories
316:Review of
284:2016-04-04
261:2016-04-04
237:2008-11-11
211:2008-11-11
200:"Pick One"
185:References
73:attended
54:Malcolm X
173:See also
295:Sources
62:suburbs
156:Tyrant
32:memoir
277:Vinyl
166:Vinyl
114:Salon
43:white
256:IMDb
89:and
56:and
163:'s
161:HBO
64:of
335::
254:.
202:.
124:.
116:,
112:,
105:.
93:.
45:.
325:)
321:(
264:.
240:.
214:.
168:.
151:;
144:;
137:;
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
_2.jpg)