Damascus James on Witnessing, Letter Writing, and Solitary Confinement
Damascus James on Witnessing, Letter Writing, and Solitary Confinement
In January 2023, people incarcerated throughout the state of Texas organized a collective hunger strike to demand better... Read more
30 May 2023
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35mins
Tommy Trantino on Perseverance and Protest
Tommy Trantino on Perseverance and Protest
Ask Tommy Trantino to describe himself, and he may simply respond, “endless.” Ask him the same question on another day, ... Read more
21 Apr 2023
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1hr 13mins
Tracy D. Schlapp and Danny J. Wilson on Cultivating Writing Communities Inside Oregon Prisons
Tracy D. Schlapp and Danny J. Wilson on Cultivating Writing Communities Inside Oregon Prisons
A few years ago, Tracy D. Schlapp and Danny J. Wilson were inspired by Johnny Cash’s album, At Folsom Prison (1968), to ... Read more
16 Mar 2023
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43mins
Damien M. Sojoyner on Ethnography and Histories of Resistance in Los Angeles
Damien M. Sojoyner on Ethnography and Histories of Resistance in Los Angeles
For over 50 years, the Southern California Library has made history a practice. Housing an extensive collection of histo... Read more
16 Feb 2023
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49mins
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The New York Women's House of Detention was a fixture of Greenwich Village from 1932 to 1974. For public historian Hugh ... Read more
19 Jan 2023
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55mins
Celes Tisdale on Remembering the Attica Prison Uprising Through Poetry
Celes Tisdale on Remembering the Attica Prison Uprising Through Poetry
In the latest episode of PEN America’s Works of Justice podcast, Malcolm Tariq, senior manager of editorial projects for... Read more
17 Nov 2022
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37mins
Prince Shakur on Masculinity, Queerness, and Histories of Incarceration
Prince Shakur on Masculinity, Queerness, and Histories of Incarceration
With When They Tell You To Be Good (Tin House, 2022), Prince Shakur delivers a political coming of age memoir on growing... Read more
20 Oct 2022
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38mins
Andy West on Teaching Philosophy in Prisons
Andy West on Teaching Philosophy in Prisons
In The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy (Picador, 2022), Andy West writes about his experiences te... Read more
16 Sep 2022
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26mins
Keeda J. Haynes on Second-Chance Culture and Standing in Her Truth
Keeda J. Haynes on Second-Chance Culture and Standing in Her Truth
In Bending the Arc: My Journey from Prison to Politics (Seal Books, 2021), Keeda J. Haynes pulls back the veil on what h... Read more
17 Aug 2022
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34mins
Marlon Peterson on Harm, Healing, and Breaking Free
Marlon Peterson on Harm, Healing, and Breaking Free
Marlon Peterson’s Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song (Bold Type Books, 2021) is a poignant look at what it mea... Read more
21 Jul 2022
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24mins
