PATTERSON HEIGHTS by Felicia Pride
Posted by Daniel on December 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Avery Washington has spent his entire life in Patterson Heights, a Baltimore neighborhood with a mean rep. It’s a good place to grow up—it has heart and soul as well as a few street hustlers, and plenty of solid families just like his. Then one day, his older brother Rashid ends up in the wrong [...]
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GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT by Felicia “Snoop” Pearson and David Ritz
Posted by Daniel on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT, Felicia Pearson, who plays Snoop in the HBO hit series The Wire, reveals her incredible, hard knock life story, one that dramatically parallels the life of her character on TV.
While Felicia Pearson is a brilliant actor in a truly chilling role, what’s most remarkable about Snoop is what she has overcome [...]
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