http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/the-test-of-their-lives/ street news, views and stories of justice and injustice Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:48:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/the-test-of-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-173163 Joe College at News from The Opposite Field Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:30:19 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/the-test-of-their-lives/#comment-173163 [...] When I learned that my story would be receiving the PEN Center USA’s 2008 literary journalism award, I invited Lance to be my guest at the banquet. I picked him up at 89th and Avalon, a corner busy with churchworkers by day and streetwalkers by night, and from there we drove to the Beverly Hills Hotel. We were seated with Paul Thomas Anderson, at a table paid for by the William Morris Agency, and when I was called on to accept my prize—a $1,000 check—I embarrassed Lance by asking him to stand, too, and pledged him the money upon his acceptance to college. As the applause enveloped him, Lance blushed and bowed, basking in the spontaneous joy, the collective hope. He was still only 17, midway through his senior year, but he owned the Pink Palace that night, a moment documented by the always thoughtful and empathetic Celeste Fremon, for WitnessLA. [...] [...] When I learned that my story would be receiving the PEN Center USA’s 2008 literary journalism award, I invited Lance to be my guest at the banquet. I picked him up at 89th and Avalon, a corner busy with churchworkers by day and streetwalkers by night, and from there we drove to the Beverly Hills Hotel. We were seated with Paul Thomas Anderson, at a table paid for by the William Morris Agency, and when I was called on to accept my prize—a $1,000 check—I embarrassed Lance by asking him to stand, too, and pledged him the money upon his acceptance to college. As the applause enveloped him, Lance blushed and bowed, basking in the spontaneous joy, the collective hope. He was still only 17, midway through his senior year, but he owned the Pink Palace that night, a moment documented by the always thoughtful and empathetic Celeste Fremon, for WitnessLA. [...]

]]> http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/the-test-of-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-74938 celeste fremon Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:40:05 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/the-test-of-their-lives/#comment-74938 Thanks, Walter. Cool. I got home so late last night that I completely forgot to read it. I'll post it (and read it) tonight. Thanks, Walter. Cool. I got home so late last night that I completely forgot to read it. I’ll post it (and read it) tonight.

]]> http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/the-test-of-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-74893 Walter Mercado Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:04:55 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/the-test-of-their-lives/#comment-74893 Here's a link to Pam and Blinky's tale of woe, or is it? http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pam4-2008dec04,0,1512855.story Here’s a link to Pam and Blinky’s tale of woe, or is it?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pam4-2008dec04,0,1512855.story

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