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- Clarinda Harriss, BrickHouse Books, Inc. founder and director
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- Doritt Carroll reads from her BHB poetry book “In Caves”
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- Judge Elsbeth Bothe and Clarinda Harriss
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- Bruce Sager, whose poetry book “Famous” was the 2011 winner of the Clarinda Harriss Poetry Prize, and Clarinda Harriss
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- Michael Fallon reads from his BHB poetry book “The Great Before and After”
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- Lorraine Whittlesey, our wonderful host
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- Baari Shabazz, a member of the MHC Writers Club that put together the BHB “For Colored Guys who Have gone Beyond Suicide + Found No Rainbow;” Ilse Munro, The Little Patuxent Review online editor, who featured it in an “On Being Invisible” piece; and Tom McClain
All photos taken by Eva Quintos Tennant.
Very pleased to be in such distinquished company. Thanks Lorraine and Markell for a wonderful meeting place. Meeting Judge Boothe, the Judge who sentenced me, was my highlight for the evening. Why? I cannot imagine reaching the level of my education without the prison time I used to read and write. My writing skills were honed by letters to more than 150 persons, including 75 pen pals, 21 embassies at United Nations, public officials, and prison organizations. I gained the ability to write business documents, legal documents, and creative writing, as well as grant writing.