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Of A Time Removed
Elliott C. RicehillBox 316Fort Madison, Iowa 52627 It is said that the Qahadi Comanches called thefirst Anglos they knew, los godammies, after thefirst English words they learned. In those times,Comanche… More
Three-Year Prison Sentence for Editor
International PEN protests the three-year prison sentence handed down to editor Ramazan Yesergepov for "illegally obtaining and divulging state secrets." PEN considers his conviction to be a breach of… More
Funny That Way
James Jones, 81574PO Box 1000Lewisburg, PA 17837When I got busted, well my lady laid right in there. I mean, I didn’t get many visits but her writing was on… More
Junkie Walking Through a Haze
Sometimes in my very depressive moods, I would wonder what motivated me too fall into the dregs of society knowing perfectly well that by doing so, I was fighting… More
Prison Is a Lonely Place
James W. Armstrong, Jr.98480Northside Honor AJames River Correctional CenterState Farm, VA 23160Were I given the task of searching out the loneliest man in the world, I would not look… More
Crescent Moon on a Cat’s Collar
I come from a family of madmen and extravagant women. More
She Wants the Ring Like He Wants the Suit of Scars/But
she wants the ring / like he wants the suit of scars/but / I / want violetrhymes from the salt mine of a cell when it blows More
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