Gone 'Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island is a prison memoir from the diary of the American rapper Lil Wayne.[1] It was initially published on October 11, 2016, via Plume Books, a subdivision of Penguin Books. The book describes Wayne's experience on New York prison Rikers Island, where he was incarcerated for eight months in 2010.[2] The book details, among other things, how Wayne served as a suicide prevention aide as well as how he attempted to commit suicide himself.[3]

Gone 'Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island
AuthorDwayne Michael Carter Jr. (Lil Wayne)
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublishedOctober 11, 2016
PublisherPlume Books
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN978-1-911274-69-8

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Upon release, Gone 'Til November received mostly positive reviews by critics with Rolling Stone naming it a 2016 "must-read".[4] However some, like the LA Times, criticized the book for a lack of discussion of serious issues faced by the majority of inmates in prison.[5]

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