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Use the form below for speaking requests, book club questions, school visit inquiries, media interviews, or just to tell him which chapter made you put the book down and take a walk. William reads every message. He takes his time replying because he takes your words seriously. Expect a real answer from a real person, not a form letter.
Memphis taught him to talk straight. He has not forgotten.
For nightclub veterans, former teachers, wrestling coaches, boxers, and anyone who grew up in a house that did not feel safe.
If this book reminded you of your own Memphis neighborhood, your own broken hand, your own mother who believed in you too much, or your own quiet regret about the road not taken, your voice is welcome here. William wrote this memoir in the dark hours after retirement, staring at a life that looked successful from the outside and felt complicated from the inside. Real conversation is how we stop pretending everything is fine.
Healing does not begin with fixing the past. It begins with admitting you still carry it.