“ I graduated from the streets”
- Michael Broadway
“One Foot In” is a coming - of - age story about two friends trying to navigate the gritty streets of Chicago. This novel draws you in and keeps you turning pages. It’s a story about deceit, greed, jealousy, and mistrust.
Michael Broadway was raised on Chicago’s South Side, in the Roseland community infamously known as the wild-hundreds. At age 18 Michael found himself in federal prison on drug and firearm charges and served eight years on a ten year sentence. It was there he earned his G.E.D. and found his love of reading and writing. Michael is a graduate of the Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP). Michael plans to pursue his master’s in psychology. He is also working on Part 2, “All In”, of a three part series. Michael’s former lifestyle and experiences provides the backdrop for, “One Foot In”
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”.
— Marcus Aureliu
“I can appreciate the amount of work you put into your writing, the level of authenticity in your stories is compelling.”
— George Verongos, writer, editor
“What’s absolutely key to the success of your narrative is its kaleidoscopic range of points of view. I admire how well you balance an array of perspectives, and how much room you allow for the characters to reflect, to be flawed, sympathetic and to always be interesting. Gloria, Dupree and Jay Dub are especially intriguing to me. And, without a doubt, Frank makes for a compelling main character! The novel is, in great part, a complicated coming of age story.”
— Audrey Petty, Prison + Neighborhood Arts and Education Project Creative Writing Instructor