It wasn’t popular to talk about slavery in 1927. But Nellie Arnold Plummer took out a $1,000 mortgage to tell her family’s story. The Hyattsville-area schoolteacher was well into her 60s when she self-published “Out of the Depths, or, The Triumph … Continue reading →

Noted crime author George Pelecanos is coming to Hyattsville. After a reading at the 14th Street Busboys and Poets, the “poet laureate of the D.C. crime world” will speak at the Hyattsville Busboys and Poets at 6:30 tonight. Pelecanos wrote for the … Continue reading →