Dr. Nandi S. Crosby currently works as a Professor of Sociology and Multicultural Studies. If My Soul Be Lost chronicles her experiences growing up in a emotionally troubled home, as the daughter of an addict, as a female correctional officer in a maximum-security prison for men; and it examines her struggles with sex and pregnancy prior to the age of 15. From a feminist perspective, the author discusses how she emerged as a scholar, activist, and writer. As a seasoned African American sociologist from the lower working class, she was able to unabashedly link the politics of sex, race, and...