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Criminal of Poverty: Growing up Homeless in America

Date:
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110

Tiny, aka, Lisa Gray-Garcia, revolutionary poet, journalist, welfareQUEEN, teacher, member of the Po Poets Project, editor of POOR Magazine, and co-founder of The FAMILY Project, daughter of Dee and mama of Tiburcio will read from her memoir. In Criminal of Poverty, Tiny paints a vivid portrait of her and her mother’s struggle with poverty, homelessness, and the growing criminalization of poor folks in America. Tiny will be joined by her fellow welfareQUEENS, Po' Poets, and authors from POOR Magazine's small press project, POOR Press.

For a complete listing of events visit us online at moderntimesbookstore.com

EVENT BOOKS ARE 10% OFF.

MODERN TIMES IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND AT MODERN TIMES UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
Added to the calendar on Fri, Feb 2, 2007 3:05PM
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