Monthly Archives: February 2012

To make things easier and avoid dealing with a festival that’s going to be starting at the Windup Space, we’ll be shifting tomorrow’s reading to Cyclops Bookstore, at 30 W. North Avenue, two doors down on the same block. It’s … Continue reading →

Tomorrow (Saturday, February 25) the New Mercury Readings will be presenting four journalists: Stacey Patton, Ben Hellwarth, Wayne Countryman and Rodney Foxworth. Readings are from 5:30 to 7:30, with a break in between; there’s no admission charged, but the bar’s … Continue reading →

Stacey Patton is a writer, academic, and child advocate. She attended Johns Hopkins University and New York University where she earned a degree in journalism.  She received her PhD in American History from Rutgers University.  Patton has also written for … Continue reading →

Ben Hellwarth grew up in Los Angeles and began reporting, writing, and editing for papers in the Bay Area after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley. He won a number of notable journalism awards in the 1990s as a … Continue reading →

Rodney D. Foxworth, Jr. is a writer, independent consultant, and native Baltimorean. He writes primarily about politics, culture, and social issues, and has written on topics ranging from contemporary race relations to urban education reform to third-party participation in electoral … Continue reading →