Online book club to discuss ‘A Question of Freedom’

January 06, 2010

<separator></separator>A coming-of-age story, with the unique twist that it is set in prison, is the January book for discussion by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing’s Online Book Club.<separator></separator>"A Question of Freedom" by R. Dwayne Betts is the story of Betts’ arrest at the age of 16, his term in prison, and his quest for identity.<separator></separator>Betts was a good student from a lower-middle-class family who, with a friend, carjacked a man in Virginia. As the crime unfolded, Betts, who had never held a gun before, ended up being charged with six felonies. He was incarcerated in some of the worst prisons in the state.<separator></separator>Utterly alone—and with the growing realization that he really is not going home any time soon—the author confronts profound questions about violence, freedom, race, the justice system – and how he ended up committing a crime.<separator></separator>The Baltimore Times calls “A Question of Freedom” "a must-read and should be required reading for all those young sons and grandsons and brothers and nephews and uncles who believe this can't happen to them; it can, even if they can't wrap their brains around such a concept."<separator></separator>The book will be discussed Jan. 25-29.<separator></separator>For more information about joining the Online Book Club, and the discussion, contact the Piper Center for Creative Writing, (480) 965-6018, or <a href="http://www.asu.edu/piper">www.asu.edu/piper</a>.<separator></separa…;

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