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