Shane Brown said he voluntarily drives two hours to teach a class of 25 state penitentiary inmates creative writing. “Originally we were going to have this part of our 'Stage Door Series' here at the college, and I was going to go four times and work with the prisoners and get the writing and turn them into a
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In May 2004, his autobiography, “Why You Crying?,” entered The New York Times Bestsellers List top 20. The book was co-written by Emmy-winning writer and sportscaster Armen Keteyian. Lopez also was the focus of the award-winning documentary “Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the
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The books were well-researched, carefully edited and handsomely packaged. By 2012, organizations like mookmarket.com named Volcano Press among the top 100 independent book publishers in the nation. “Nothing ever felt challenging,” Gottstein told me. “You try to tackle issues and maybe you
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