Springs Toledo writes literary nonfiction and is the author of five books, including The Hanging of Old Brown: A Story of Slaves, Statesmen, and Redemption (2002) and Murderers' Row: In Search of Boxing's Greatest Outcasts (2017). His writing has been featured on NPR's Here & Now, recognized in The Best American Essays (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023), and published in Ploughshares, City Journal, and Salon, as well as several other magazines and journals. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Toledo is a product of the underclass, parochial schools, and boxing gyms. At fifteen, his mugshot was snapped at Boston Police Headquarters on Berkeley Street; ten years later he was one mile west graduating summa cum laude from Northeastern University with an advanced degree in Criminology. Learn more at www.SpringsToledo.com.