The first time I met Mikki [a pseudonym] she was fresh out of prison. I invited her to be part of study of formerly incarcerated […]
Eulogy for Laureen
Laureen was not an easy-going person. From a young age she struggled with agoraphobia and other mental health challenges. As an adult she managed to […]
The Knock-out Punch: Eulogy for Joy
Over the past fifteen years I’ve second-guessed our choice of the pseudonym “Joy.” We first met when she joined my ongoing research project with Massachusetts […]
Eulogy for Kahtia
Kahtia passed away last week. Her death was sudden, unexpected, still unexplained. Her husband found her lying in bed, unresponsive, when he came home from […]
Eulogy for Andrea
Andrea* was one of the most focused people I have ever known. From the first time we met at the Women’s Center at St. Francis […]
Eulogy for “Junie”
The first time I met Junie I mostly noticed the scars on her face. They were the result of a stove blowing up when she’d […]
Eulogy for Nicole
By Maureen Norton-Hawk, co-author Can’t Catch a Break. If you were to meet Nicole you would never imagine that she had been battling a drug […]