birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date period image article_title name occupation
new york city american '' bandages when they do n't have bruises '' -lrb- 2004 scars -rrb- , '' there 's a riot goin ' on of '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- the soul are why kids wear 18 december 1970 2004 -- present thumb miles marshall lewis
 miles marshall lewis writer , editor
miles marshall lewis

miles marshall lewis -lrb- born december 18 , 1970 -rrb- is an american pop culture critic , essayist , literary editor , fiction writer , and music journalist .
he is a graduate of morehouse college , class of 1993 .
lewis was born in the bronx , new york , at the beginning of hip hop culture in the early 1970s .
he expatriated from the united states to paris , france during 2004 in response to the iraq war .
his debut essay collection , `` scars of the soul are why kids wear bandages when they do n't have bruises '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- -- a book described as `` an observant and urbane b-boy 's rites of passage '' -- established lewis as a prose stylist observing american culture in a style directly influenced by joan didion , mixing personal reflection with social analysis and humor .
lewis 's second book , `` there 's a riot goin ' on '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , deals with the making of the seminal 1971 album of the same name by sly and the family stone , and the death of the 1960s counterculture .
lewis is the founder and editor of the literary journal `` bronx biannual '' .
he and his french wife christine herelle-lewis live together in france raising their sons , lucas and kalel .
in 2007 , lewis launched furthermucker.com , where he blogs regularly about the arts , pop culture , hip-hop culture , and his experiences as a black american expatriate in 21st-century paris .
