I'd Rather Be Called a Nerd by Dominic "Nerd" McDonald

Dominic “Nerd” McDonald, the 2022 DC Poet Project winner, is the author of, I’d Rather Be Called a Nerd, a memoir-in-poems that fearlessly details the author’s intersecting experiences of repression and self-development. The intersecting worlds of hip hop, higher education, and literature combine in this book as an anthem for nerds everywhere. Publication date: December 1, 2022. "McDonald shines brightly and lights the path for those who will walk it next." - Susan Scheid, author of After Enchantment "Dominic McDonald sets expectations high and proceeds to smash them consistently." - Dwayne Lawson-Brown, author of Breaking the Blank Dominic “Nerd” McDonald is a Black entrepreneur and spoken word artist from various cities in Los Angeles, California. He has put his views on growing up in the inner city between two households, Hip Hop music, being a social outcast, college experiences, and more, into poetry, screen plays, and magazine articles. His passion comes from serving the communit