Author of the Month Reading

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I’m happy to announce that I have been chosen as Author of the Month by the Northampton Senior Center where I will be doing a reading. I’ve attached an article introducing my memoir, Stories from the Stoop, and announcing the reading.

Saturday, Sept. 21st, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, Write Angles Flash Memoir Reading, Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Northampton, MA I’ll be reading a flash excerpt of “Order on the Court,” from Stories from the Stoop. The story describes an early evening on April 4th, 1968. I was shooting hoops on a basketball court at a Bronx housing project when Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered. As usual, I was the only white kid on the court.

Tuesday, Sept. 24th, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Author of the Month Reading, Northampton Senior Center, 67 Conz Street, Northampton, MA I’ll be reading “Wolf,” the opening story from Stories from the Stoop, about a dog who saved my life but I couldn’t save Wolf’s life.

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In 2017, I self-published Stories from the Stoop, seven true-life adventure stories about growing up in the Bronx in the 1960s. The book highlights a time of racial tension, gangs and crime on the streets as well as chaos in my home. My goal was to tell these stories through the eyes of a boy with honesty, warmth, humor, and an abiding spirit of hope. If there’s anything I like better than writing my stories, it’s sharing them with audiences of all ages, from incarcerated youth to senior citizens. As an educator and activist, it is a privilege to witness the magic and the power of people reflecting on their own life stories and then sharing their stories with others. I love helping people to not only tell their story, but love their story.