In Without A Compass, Martin Terrell recounts his childhood in Cincinnati’s West End, where poverty and segregation shape the boundaries of life before his mother’s death sends him into foster care. At Walnut Hills High School, Terrell discovers an aptitude for writing and begins to...

Martin Terrell’s memoir, You’re Only Innocent Once And Once Is Not Enough, is a moving account of a man navigating the courts and using the classroom to leave prison behind. When a long sentence for a burglary conviction came down despite his innocence, he decided...