Praise for Bed Stuy
An Amazon Best Book of the Month: Literature & Fiction
McGills prose can acquire a quick, musical rhythm before settling into more expansive sections that deftly take on questions of race and class. In many ways, the novel is a wonder to behold. Kirkus Reviews
Smart and touchingMcGill succeeds in depicting love as a universal force, for better or for worse. Publishers Weekly
Love defies all odds in Jerry McGills lyrical and heartbreaking novel Bed Stuy. POPSUGAR
In Bed Stuy, Jerry McGill crafts a love story that is as gritty as a New York sidewalk and as tender as a first embrace. Two people from different worlds grapple with the challenge of how to bridge their dividesmade chasms by race, age, and privilegeto connect, to understand, and to forgive. McGills knowing gaze is unflinching but compassionate, conveying in all its complexity the terror of love, the fear and doubt that plague it, and the bone-deep need for more. W. S. Winslow, author of The Northern Reach
Praise for Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man Who Shot Me
An unforgettable and intriguing journeyViolence, hope, despair, forgiveness, anger, and living with a disability are explored both lightly and deeply, humorously and profoundly, and always honestly. Library Journal (starred review)
An inspirational memoir by a writer who refuses to be defined by his paralysis as he comes to terms with the unknown man who shot him. Kirkus Reviews
I couldnt put it down. This is a compelling marriage of remembrance and forgiveness, absolution and compassion, cynicism and understanding. Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore
Written with passion, honesty, humor, and a stubborn, rebellious optimism, Dear Marcus is like nothing Ive ever read. When a bullet in the back told Jerry McGill not to go on, Jerry went onsmiling. Shalom Auslander, author of Hope: A Tragedy
