Curiosity Forum: Author Talk with Bernice Mennis
Sunday, March 7th, 4 pm
Beacon Feed Studio, Hubbard Hall
Bernice Mennis, author of “Breaking Out of Prison: A Guide to Compassion, Consciousness, and Freedom” with speak and sign books.
For twelve years, Bernice Mennis, a resident of the Adirondacks, taught Composition and Literature in the Great Meadows and Washington Correctional Facilities as part of Skidmore College’s University Without Walls program. At the center of “Breaking Out of Prison” are papers written by students in a composition class in prison and the author’s journey toward understanding and freedom. The book is not only about those imprisoned by concrete and steel, but also about those who have placed them there and how habitual thinking and entrapped mindsets cast some people “beyond the pale” with the illusion that another’s imprisonment makes us safe. “Breaking Out of Prison” won the Adirondack Center for Writing’s Award for Memoir in 2009.
