2 Quotes & Sayings By Jelani Daniel

Jelani Daniel is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir "Heartbreak Hotel: A Memoir of Soul, Sex, and Survival". A former Wall Street Journal reporter who has reported on everything from the Iraq War to the Russian mafia, Jelani has also written for The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Vibe. He's a contributing editor at GQ and a columnist at CNN.com. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Crime Reporting series and included in the New York Public Library's Year's Best African American Writing Read more

In 2007, Jelani collected his work in a new anthology titled "Lost: A Memoir of Race." He lives in New Orleans with his wife, N.O.H.M./Documentary filmmaker Laya Nader-Jacobs, and their young son, Noah.