Gerald Anderson with Susan Orlins:

Gerald Anderson with Susan Orlins: “Still Standing: How an Ex-Con Found Salvation in The Floodwaters of Katrina”

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Street Sense Vendor to Speak about His New Memoir

Still Standing: How an Ex-Con Found Salvation in the Floodwaters of Katrina by Gerald Anderson with Susan Orlins is an inspiring memoir of poverty, prison, addiction, as well as the dramatic rescue of dozens of Katrina victims. It is also about one man’s determination and resilience to overcome a life of hardship and sin. Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, Street Sense vendor Gerald Anderson says, “If not for Katrina, I’d be dead or in prison.” Join us to hear Anderson tell his story in a conversation with Street Sense editor Susan Orlins. Afterwards, stay for the book signing.

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