Local writer, artist, and filmmaker Corrine Jasmin self-published a book of poetry titled Tread in 2018. The book focuses on Jasmin’s mental health, childhood trauma, and the struggles of being Black, female, and queer in today’s society. The Point Park University alum will read excerpts from Tread at Alphabet City during Stories That Heal, an ongoing series of reading events that focuses on local authors dealing with mental illness. Each event features a reading and a Q&A session, all with the goal of killing the stigma of mental illness.