Curtis Dawkins writes from an unusual perspective. He embarked on the path of a writer, published in renowned magazines, got married, and had three children. Then he killed a man while on crack. Now he is serving a life sentence in prison. And there, he writes literature that leaves one reeling. Between hardness and beauty, between good and evil, between love and hate. This book is a powerful literary transformation of a fate; it tells the stories of men behind bars and their attempts to regain something that is irrevocably lost. It speaks of freedom, love, and family from the perspective of those who have forfeited their right to it. Curtis Dawkins finds a massive language for this, a sound full of longing, humor, and tragedy. "All My Friends Have Killed Someone" thus becomes a new and provocative masterpiece of American storytelling.