Entries from November 2009

November 5, 2009

Mother California

Kenneth E. Hartman’s is the third book to come out this fall written by men doing time. I’ve written before about Dwayne Betts’ A Question of Freedom and Jarvis Masters’ That Bird Has My Wings, and now I want to share a few words about Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars by Kenneth [...]

November 5, 2009

Call for Submissions: Voices Through the Wall: Prisoners Write About Prisons

The editors seek non-fiction essays and prose fiction by men and women currently incarcerated in American prisons. We believe that inmates constitute a rich but untapped intellectual and cultural resource.  We hope to create a collection that mines the experience and wisdom of inmates, in order to offer a better [...]