Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Award-winning Author R. Dwayne Betts presents " A Question of Freedom"

August 28 from 7:00 PM-8:15 PM at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St., Asheville NC. Author R. Dwayne Betts will present his powerful memoir, A Question of Freedom, which chronicles his single and surprising night of bad decisions and his subsequent 8-year prison sentence. Betts uses the experiences from the crime and his time behind bars to explore deeper themes of identity, race, and justice. Betts, a Holden Fellowship Award-winner at Warren Wilson College, is also a mentor to at-risk youth and founder of several book clubs for young Africa-Americans. http://www.malaprops.com

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