And that's when Michelle decided that her work was not done and began to visit Patrick once a week, and soon every day, to read with him again.įinely written in the very best tradition of American long-form narrative, Reading with Patrick by Michelle Kuo is a story of hope, redemption and the power of books to transform - and even to save - a life. Two years later Michelle left to go to law school, but Patrick began to lose his way, killing a man and facing a lengthy jail sentence.

For the first time, these kids began to engage with ideas and dreams beyond their small town and to gain an insight into themselves that they had never had before. This far-ranging conversation, moderated by Professor Samuel Moyn, author of the acclaimed Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World, will explore topics including race and power, cultural and parental pressures in shaping life choices, the writing process, and the role of law school in forging and undoing our identities, interests, and passions.A memoir of race, inequality and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student who was jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta.Īs a young English teacher keen to make a difference in the world, Michelle Kuo took a job at a tough school in the Mississippi Delta, sharing books and poetry with a young African American teenager named Patrick and his classmates. A Skadden Fellow and Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, she is a passionate advocate of expanding access to education for incarcerated people and has taught in the Prison University Project at San Quentin Prison. In addition to her memoir, she has also published essays and articles. From page one, Michelle Kuos extraordinary memoir, Reading with Patrick, pulled me into a journey from Arkansas to Harvard, and places in between. Kuo has won numerous fellowships and awards for her work in teaching, writing, and law.

Michelle is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has worked as lawyer for undocumented immigrants in Oakland and a teacher in the Arkansas Delta. Reading with Patrick (Michelle Kuo) » p.1 » Global Archive Voiced Books Online Free » Home No Naked Ads -> Here Reading with patrick, p. Michelle Kuo’s memoir, Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship, was published in 2017 to high acclaim. In all of the literature addressing education, race, poverty, and criminal justice, there has been nothing quite like Reading With Patrick.” and Arthur Evenchik wrote, 'Impassioned writing and hard-earned wisdom set her book apart.

Praised byThe New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Times Literary Supplement, her book was shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Social Justice Prize and a runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her book, Reading with Patrick, is an expansive meditation on race, inequality, and the power of literature. Michelle Kuo is a professor, writer, and attorney.

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