Seen here is the former mayor, Thirman Milner and Shireal Renee at Cull Books. The Author Event held on February 20, 2010 for the former Mayor’s first book “Up From Slavery”

Shireal Renee will have an Author’s Event of her own at Cull Books on

March 13, 2010 for her first book.

“THE THINGS INSIDE ME,”

A POETIC TRIP INSIDE A YOUNG FEMALE MIND

The Things Inside Me, is truly a journey. It began as a single poem about how I was feeling. And then developed into; situations I was in, changes I was going through, events that were happening around me and a roller coaster of every emotion imaginable for a young woman to go through in her adolescence until she finally finds herself in the womanhood phase.

The forward opens the book revealing to the reader the emotions that are going on inside this girl. The battle she is having with herself and how she finds the courage to go after her dreams

Place: 677 Blue Hills Ave. Hartford CT, Time: 6:00 p.m. Date: March 13, 2010

Phone: 860-899-1504

Kristopher Clarke author of “Less Than Perfect Circumstance”

I grew up in Hartford, CT, and attended the local schools, including MLK Elementary and Lewis Fox Middle schools, before graduating from Weaver High School in 1993.  I have always enjoyed reading. Many teachers have supported this interest, but it was books such as Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’, which I read in Mr. Leftoffs English class, James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, Richard Wright’s ‘Native Son’, and Alex Kotlowitz’s ‘There Are No Children Here’, some of the many books read in Thomas Smith’s T.A.G. class, that truly began my appreciation of great writers and the great stories they tell.

Place: 677 Blue Hills Ave.  Hartford CT

Time: 6:00 p.m. Date: March 6, 2010