Epilogue: A writing life in community--from inside out / by Randall Horton. Editor's note: How to read this book / by Caits Messner -- PEN prison writing: Then and now, in and out / by Susan Rosenberg -- Part IV: Foundations of Creative Writing. On poetry / by Luis J. Rodriguez -- On fiction / by Ryan Gattis -- On nonfiction memoir / by Patrick O'Neil -- On dramatic theater / by Sarah Shourd -- On screenwriting / by Alexa Alemanni -- On graphic narrative / by Andy Warner -- On journalism / edited by Jaeah Lee, interviews and research by Kate Cammell -- A guide to grammar and punctuation / by Chris Daley -- After grammar : learning how to transition / by Emile DeWeaver -- Re-vision / by Mitchell S. Jackson -- Part II: Crafting a Writer's Life in Prison. Introduction / by Caits Meissner with Elizabeth Hawes -- The price of remaining human / by Thomas Bartlett Whitaker -- The most important thing (and a few other rules) / by Curtis Dawkins -- On publishing from prison / by Saint James Harris Wood -- Copyright protection in brief / by Lateef Mtima, JD, and John R. Whitman, PhD -- Burn the spot : on writing about people you know / by Piper Kerman -- The power of grieving in words / by Vivian D. Nixon -- And still I write : creative expression for self-advocacy / by Alejo Rodriguez -- Every story needs hope : why you should write about prison / by Derek R. Trumbo Sr. -- Start and end with the feeling of home : how I developed my poetry manuscript / by Louise K. Waakaa'igan -- On writing and staging a play in prison / by Sterling Cunio -- Gift culture : on collaborating through the walls / by Spoon Jackson -- As for the rest of us : how to win a fellowship with no support / by Arthur Longworth -- "Prison writer" : a meditation on histories and the sentences that create them / by Justin Rovillos Monson -- Part III: On Building Writing Community. Introduction / by Caits Meissner -- On building prison writing communities / by Zeke Caligiuri -- Remix the plan, return to the purpose : how to center participant storytelling in writing workshops / by Nicole Shawn Junior -- No pen or paper required : the art and practice of community storytelling / by Casey Donahue -- Part IV: Writing Exercises. Translating to the page / by Doran Larson -- On using small stories to illuminate big issues / by Lauren Kessler -- Writing the poem of the moment / by Ellen Bass -- Attention to memory / by Jennifer Bowen -- The inherent magic of objects / by T Kira Mahealani Madden -- Apple is for identity and other prompts / by Anderson Smith -- Personifying location / by Johnny Kovatch -- A letter to my ancestors / by Raquel Almazan -- Imagining worlds : from page to stage / by Ashley Hamilton -- Workshop solitaire : using questions to strengthen a story / by J. D. Mathes -- Epilogue: A writing life in community--from inside out / by Randall Horton.
Summary:
Provides a roadmap for incarcerated people and their allies to have a thriving writing life behind bars--and through walls--drawing on the unique insights of over 50 justice-involved contributors and their allies to offer advice, inspiration, and resources.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.