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“My First Jail Cell” Author Reading and Signing

Date(s)

  • March 5, 2017 | 6:00 am

Join Professor Dave Coogan and the co-authors of “Writing Our Way Out,” on Sunday, March 5 for a reading, discussion, and book signing at the Goochland Branch Library (3075 River Road West, Goochland VA, 23063) from 6:00pm until 8:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.

Detailing the formative and transformative memories of ten men, Writing Our Way Out is the creative culmination of a writing class that began in the Richmond City Jail in Virginia, and grew into a journey to re-entry. Compiled in a narrative by their teacher, Dr. David Coogan, these stories explore the conditions, traps, and turning points on the path to imprisonment in modern America, as well as the redemptive and rehabilitative power of memoir.