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Margo’s most recent book is ONLY THE DEAD CAN KILL: Stories from Jail (Community Works 2006), a collection of stories and poems by men and women who are incarcerated to show the humanity of people who live behind the walls, and features Margo Perin's childhood story of growing up on the lam. ONLY THE DEAD CAN KILL was funded by the Creative Work Fund in collaboration with Community Works West and is available in print and on CD. Please come and celebrate the book launch of this exciting publication on May 6, 2006 at 2pm at the San Francisco Public Library (Main) where Margo Perin will be reading excerpts from the book along with her writing contributors who have been released from jail. Guest appearances by Sheriff Mike Hennessey and world-renowned author Bo Lozoff.

As crime and recidivism rates continue to rise, rarely do we have the opportunity to hear the voices of the 2.5 million men and women who are currently incarcerated in the thousands of jails and prisons across the United States. In this unique, enlightening collection of autobiographical stories and poems, men and women who are incarcerated in San Francisco County Jail tell their life stories. In their raw, powerful voices, these emerging writers look at their lives with unflinching candor and show their commitment to transform and heal their suffering and perpetration of crime in this profoundly personal and courageously public anthology. Featuring Margo Perin's own story of being raised by a criminal father, ONLY THE DEAD CAN KILL crosses new boundaries of literature and illuminates what joins us as human beings. As the writers' voices ring out from behind the bars, they call on us to shine a light into the shadows of our own experiences and begin a process of healing that will benefit us all.