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Kitchen Table

Solid kitchen table with a bad paint job.

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Writing Our Way Out at William & Mary

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Authors Dave Coogan and Kelvin Belton came to William & Mary to present their book Writing Our Way Out: Memoirs from Jail as part of the English Department’s Patrick Hayes Lecture Series. Their readings offered a brutally honest view of the reality of mass incarceration and working within a prison population. The talk was followed by an equally insightful Q&A. (Skip Rowland)

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Reading at the VCU Depot

Wednesday evening, April 13, 2016, the VCU School of the Arts hosted an Open Studio with the authors of Writing Our Way Out. Attendees were offered the opportunity to artistically express their reactions to the readings, then participate in a pop up exhibition afterwards. Through their stories of humor, grief, and hope, told with brutal honesty, the readers connected with their audience, creating a sense of a shared reality. (Skip Rowland)

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Reading at MCV

MCV’s International/Inner City/Rural Preceptorship program hosted Writing Our Way Out contributors for a program titled “Healing Words” Wednesday evening, March 23, 2016. The program featured readings, followed by an honest and lively Q&A session. (Skip Rowland)

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Schools & Jails in the Long Shadow of Slavery

Chop Suey Books sponsored a reading and panel discussion on the topic “Schools & Jails in the Long Shadow of Slavery”. Moderated by RT-D columnist Michael Paul Williams, writers Ben Campbell and Kristen Green talked about their respective books Richmond’s Unhealed History and Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County, while David Coogan introduced Writing Our Way Out contributors Terence Scruggs, Stanley Craddock, Naji Mujahid and Kelvin Belton to read and discuss their experiences. The full-house event was hosted by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond on Tuesday evening, March 15, 2016. (Skip Rowland)