Born Behind Bars

Born Behind Bars is a collection of essays, quotes, journals, prayers and poems compiled over twenty-five years. This book allows you to experience an intimate world of a boy changing into a man. After many years of denial and retreat, Born Behind Bars is a celebration of self identity, forgiveness and acceptance. Through revealing, this up and coming author has found healing. Ultimately discovering that sometimes the only way out, is going within.

Mitchell Lawrence Paschall Jr, was born and raised in Baltimore Md. Growing up in the inner city and witnessing violence and negativity, Mitchell at an early age sought out to make a difference. Through theater and working with youth both as teenager and adult, he strived to positively influence and encourage the at risk and disadvantaged. Although acting is his greatest passion, writing was later discovered to be his longest developing craft. Since the age of ten, he has been writing poetry and short stories. What started out as just something to do for school or self therapy, later would evolve into a passion and a leading source to uplift. He believes that like God, all of creation is infinite. It is ones life purpose to explore and evolve as we experience our time on Earth. Writing for Mitchell is yet another form of expression, expressing love, light and liberty. The editor and contributor of Born Behind Bars is Nikki G. Hewitt. She's written two books of her own as well as contributed to over four books being published by other upcoming authors.