Title: "He'sa Smooth Talker Like Me": Reading Shakespeare with Juvenile Offenders Description: Forsix years Dr. Stacy Erickson-Pesetski has brought Shakespeare into a variety ofprisons in Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. This talk will focus on her mostrecent adventure reading plays with male offenders ages 13-18 at LogansportJuvenile Correctional Facility in Indiana. Bringing Shakespeare into prisonsgives us insight into the universality of these centuries-old texts as well asthe talent and empathy hidden in our correctional facilities. 4:00February 27, 2020. The Pritchard Room of the Hiram College Library. 11694Hayden St, Hiram, OH 44234. Thisevent is sponsored by the Lindsay Crane Center for Writing and Literature Supportedby the John Shaw Fund. Carl Carl D. Skorepa 331East North Street Medina, Ohio 44256 (330) 421-3189 carlskorepa@yahoo.com