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Life Without Parole

Sun., Nov. 8, 2 p.m., free, Painted Bride, 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055, firstpersonarts.org.

Published: Nov 3, 2009

first person festival/reading

The star of this event won't be present on Sunday — he'll be locked up in California State Prison. To understand how lifer/author Kenneth Hartman got there, and the metamorphosis he's undergone since his murder conviction 30 years ago, excerpts of Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars (Atlas, Nov. 3) will be read by a local actor. According to Vicki Solot, executive director of First Person Arts, Hartman will try calling in from prison to answer audience questions on Sunday, but if the jail's on lockdown, it may not work. "We've gotten a taste of [prison's] arbitrariness just in trying to get this arranged," she says.

Sun., Nov. 8, 2 p.m., free, Painted Bride, 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055, firstpersonarts.org.

 

 

Comments

Please, not another sob story about someone in prison who 'Made a mistake'. Why not do a tale about a soldier in Iraq? No problem gettin' him to call in... could even use video. How 'bout a fireman who saved someone, life guard, policeman, citizen? I haven't seen the story hence I am speaking from ignorance. I hope I'm wrong but I doubt it. This is probably jus' one of thousands of these stories that have been done. More young journalists who were too late for the Sixties and wanna emulate the stories they were told by their liberal professors. Sorry gang, this ol' man has no interest in murderers. Fry Mumia by the way!
by Ron Stokes on November 6th 2009 6:27 PM



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