The sentences that create us crafting a writer's life in prison
Offers a collection of essays that draw from the unique insights of over fifty justice-involved contributors and their allies to offer inspiration and resources for creating a literary life in prison. Centering in the philosophy that writers in prison can be as vibrant and capable as writers on the...
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| 245 | 0 | 4 | |a The sentences that create us : |b crafting a writer's life in prison / |c edited by Caits Meissner ; foreword by Reginald Dwayne Betts ; PEN America. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Crafting a writer's life in prison |
| 264 | 1 | |a Chicago, Illinois : |b Haymarket Books, |c 2022. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2022 | |
| 300 | |a xxv, 325 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-293) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Foreword / |r by Reginald Dwayne Betts -- |g Editor's note: |t How to read this book / |r by Caits Messner -- |t PEN prison writing: Then and now, in and out / |r by Susan Rosenberg -- |g Part one. |t Foundations of creative writing. |t On poetry / |r by Luis J. Rodriguez -- |t On fiction / |r by Ryan Gattis -- |t On nonfiction memoir / |r by Patrick O'Neil -- |t On dramatic theater / |r by Sarah Shourd -- |t On screenwriting / |r by Alexa Alemanni -- |t On graphic narrative / |r by Andy Warner -- |t On journalism / |r edited by Jaeah Lee, interviews and research by Kate Cammell -- |t A guide to grammar and punctuation / |r by Chris Daley -- |t After grammar: learning how to transition / |r by Emile DeWeaver -- |t Re-vision / |r by Mitchell S. Jackson -- |g Part two. |t Crafting a writer's life in prison. |t Introduction / |r by Caits Meissner with Elizabeth Hawes -- |t The price of remaining human / |r by Thomas Bartlett Whitaker -- |t The most important thing (and a few other rules) / |r by Curtis Dawkins -- |t On publishing from prison / |r by Saint James Harris Wood -- |t Copyright protection in brief / |r by Lateef Mtima, JD, and John R. Whitman, PhD -- |t Burn the spot: on writing about people you know / |r by Piper Kerman -- |t The power of grieving in words / |r by Vivian D. Nixon -- |t And still I write: creative expression for self-advocacy / |r by Alejo Rodriguez -- |t Every story needs hope: why you should write about prison / |r by Derek R. Trumbo Sr. -- |t Start and end with the feeling of home: how I developed my poetry manuscript / |r by Louise K. Waakaa'igan -- |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t On writing and staging a play in prison / |r by Sterling Cunio -- |t Gift culture: on collaborating through the walls / |r by Spoon Jackson -- |t As for the rest of us: how to win a fellowship with no support / |r by Arthur Longworth -- |t "Prison writer": a meditation on histories and the sentences that create them / |r by Justin Rovillos Monson -- |g Part three. |t On building writing community. |t Introduction / |r by Caits Meissner -- |t On building prison writing communities / |r by Zeke Caligiuri -- |t Remix the plan, return to the purpose: how to center participant storytelling in writing workshops / |r by Nicole Shawn Junior -- |t No pen or paper required: the art and practice of community storytelling / |r by Casey Donahue -- |g Part four. |t Writing exercises. |t Translating to the page / |r by Doran Larson -- |t On using small stories to illuminate big issues / |r by Lauren Kessler -- |t Writing the poem of the moment / |r by Ellen Bass -- |t Attention to memory / |r by Jennifer Bowen -- |t The inherent magic of objects / |r by T Kira Mahealani Madden -- |t Apple is for identity and other prompts / |r by Anderson Smith -- |t Personifying location / |r by Johnny Kovatch -- |t A letter to my ancestors / |r by Raquel Almazan -- |t Imagining worlds: from page to stage / |r by Ashley Hamilton -- |t Workshop solitaire: using questions to strengthen a story / |r by J. D. Mathes -- |g Epilogue: |t A writing life in community--from inside out / |r by Randall Horton. |
| 520 | |a Offers a collection of essays that draw from the unique insights of over fifty justice-involved contributors and their allies to offer inspiration and resources for creating a literary life in prison. Centering in the philosophy that writers in prison can be as vibrant and capable as writers on the outside, and have much to offer readers everywhere, this collection aims to propel writers in prison to launch their work into the world beyond the walls, while also embracing and supporting the creative community within the walls. This volume is a comprehensive resource writers can grow with, beginning with the foundations of creative writing. A roster of contributors including Reginald Dwayne Betts (Felon: Poems), Mitchell S. Jackson (Survival Math), Wilbert Rideau (In the Place of Justice) and Piper Kerman (Orange is the New Black), among many others, address working within and around the severe institutional, emotional, psychological and physical limitations of writing prison through compelling first-person narratives. The book's authors offer pragmatic advice on editing techniques, pathways to publication, writing routines, launching incarcerated-run prison publications and writing groups, lesson plans from prison educators and next-step resources. Threaded throughout the book is the running theme of addressing lived trauma in writing, and writing's capacity to support an authentic healing journey centered in accountability and restoration. --From publisher description. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Prisoners as authors. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Prisoners' writings, American. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Prisoners |v Literary collections. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American prisoners |v Literary collections. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Imprisonment |v Literary collections. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Prisons |v Literary collections. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Rhetoric. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Authorship |x Vocational guidance. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Meissner, Caits, |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Betts, Reginald Dwayne, |d 1980- |e writer of foreword. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a PEN America, |e issuing body. | |
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