Soul On Ice. Eldridge Cleaver.

Cleaver, Eldridge. Soul On Ice. Delta, 1968.

Soul On Ice is a collection of essays Cleaver wrote during his nine years in Folsom State Prison. He covers various topics, from Muhammad Ali's boxing career to "soul food" to Malcolm X vs. Elijah Muhammad to the relationship between black men and white women. The tone is personal, even casual throughout most of the essays, like Cleaver's talking to the reader directly.

There's some rough content in here, but it's also fascinating and worth reading. It's been a little while since I actually read it, and apparently I didn't write much about it at the time, so I'm going to leave this entry short and sweet for now. Later on, when I re-read it (as inevitably happens eventually), I'll add.