CUFFED: FROM JUVIE TO JUSTICE, HOW I BROKE FREE TO THE OTHER SIDE

Cuffed is my coming of age story about how I found friendship and belonging in the least likely place: juvenile prison. Set in the 90’s Midwest, I take readers on a journey from handcuffs and cop cars, through the system’s labyrinth and back into the community only to return two decades later as writing teacher for detained youth on Rikers Island.