The Book Problem, Pt. 2
03.18.14 Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Hall, New York, NY 10007 To: Mayor Bill De Blasio. cc: Scott Stringer, Jimmy Van Bramer, Anthony Marx, Vianella Rivas. Dear Mayor De Blasio, As you’re undoubtedly aware, the first plaque bearing your name on the city’s landscape is on the Washington Heights branch of the New York Public […]
To whom it may concern: A Letter on Dempsey Hawkins to the New York State Parole Board.
I have written as an advocate for parole to the board on Dempsey Hawkins’ behalf before. Since 2006, he and I have been corresponding on many but predominately literary matters. He responded to an article in The Amsterdam News about my bookshop in Harlem, as did several other prisoners around the country. My bookshop on […]
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