Urban Lit · Series
Push
The debut. Harlem, hunger, and the long way around. Start the series here — free first chapter on the house.
Twenty years in the game
Stories, strategy,
and survival.
Thirty-plus books. Over a hundred thousand readers. Two decades of writing the streets straight — and writing the way out. This is the headquarters: the books, the essays, the field notes. Pick a door.
Start Here · Four Doors
Pick what you came for.
The work splits four ways. Choose your door — each one ends somewhere you can actually use today.
— 01
Urban Lit
The streets in full color. Harlem, Mount Vernon, the projects, the precinct. Start with a free first chapter, then take the bundle home.
Free first chapter → — 02Crime & Punishment
Field notes from inside and out. What the system does, what it can't do, and how people survive it. Essays and a members-only library.
Read the essays → — 03Relationships
Marriage, betrayal, repair. The premium book, the course, and one-to-one coaching — for grown people doing real work.
Book a session → — 0450+ & Tech
Building a second life on your own terms. Workshops, the weekly letter, and quiet consulting for readers in their second act.
Join the workshop →Featured Books
The shelf, working titles up front.
Thirty-plus books and counting. Three to start with — pick the one that sounds like you tonight.
Relationships · Premium
Extra Marital Affairs
The mainstream breakout. A middle-class couple, one bad decision, and the long unraveling. Paired with the course on repair.
50+ · Workbook
I Did It! You Can Too.
The field manual that started the workshop. A practical roadmap for the second act — written for readers who've already lived through the first one.
Essays & the 50+ Desk
Two desks. One voice.
The essays sit on one side — long-form on crime, the system, and what the streets taught me. The other desk is for readers in their second act.
Field Notes — Crime & Punishment
- What prison teaches you about time.Essay · 14 min
- The economics of the corner, line by line.Essay · 11 min
- Why the system can't fix what it can't see.Essay · 18 min
- Coming home: the first ninety days.Essay · 9 min
- Letters I wrote to my younger self.Essay · 7 min
For Readers 50+
The second act needs a plan.
A small, quiet workshop for readers in their fifties and sixties who want to build the rest of their life on purpose — including the technology side, without the jargon.
- Weekly letter — one page, real talk, no fluff.
- Workshop — twelve sessions, small group, plain English.
- Consulting — one-to-one help with the next chapter.
The Weekly Letter
One letter. Every Sunday. No noise.
Three things: what I'm reading, what I'm writing, and one piece of advice you can use Monday morning. Free. Unsubscribe whenever.
Twenty Years In
The numbers don't argue.
Built the catalogue from a cell. Signed a fourteen-book deal with St. Martin's. Still publishing. Still pushing.
30+
Books written
100k+
Readers reached
20yrs
In the game
“Relentless redefines the art of storytelling — Harlem's energy on every page.”
African American Literature Book Club
“The plots are gripping and often unfold in a real-life cityscape, often in New York's rougher neighborhoods.”
The New York Times
About Aaron
Who's actually writing this.
Pen name: Relentless Aaron. Government name: Dewitt Gilmore. Born and raised in New York. Marine Corps. Harlem. Mount Vernon. A long stretch where I wrote thirty novels from a cell — by hand, by mail, by candlelight when it came to that.
When I came home, St. Martin's signed me to a fourteen-book deal and the machine started. Two decades later, I'm still publishing — but the work has widened. Books, yes. Essays. Broadcast. A small workshop for readers stepping into their second act. A short list of one-to-one clients.
The line through all of it is the same: tell the truth, and tell it without flinching. If that's useful to you, you're in the right place.
Start Here →Shop
The full catalogue is opening.
The shop is being rebuilt around the four doors — books, bundles, essay membership, course, and the workshop seat. Add yourself to the letter and you'll be first in.