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Atmosphere Colors
Atmosphere colors for concrete and steel / Shades of nothing for something to blend in / No pretty rainbows to shape how you feel More
Breakout: Voices from the Inside—A Celebration of the PEN Prison Writing Program 2014
The PEN Prison Writing Committee, in collaboration with Culture Project, hosted an annual reading to celebrate the 2014 Prison Writing Contest winners. More
Prison Writing Award Winners: 2013-2014
Manuscripts come to us in a variety of forms: some are handwritten, some are typed, some are written in the margins of legal documents. More
About the Family Down the Road
Guilt-heavy for our blessings we rode home / haunted by this girl and offspring who seemed / stunned but not shocked by their smoldering loss. More
An Ordinary Prison
The surprise of a dog chewing its bone / As if this were an ordinary household / Inventory the scene; catalogue its contraband of loss More
Feasts Beneath the Cottonwood Tree
It was our deep and silent secret that lined my pockets with silver dollars and kept my cigar box stacked high with dollar bills. I quickly learned the power… More
Lessons in Love and Loss
Today is my birthday. Now that I've lived longer than I ever expected, and while I still have my right mind, I thought I'd better write down some things… More
Son of the District
I wasn't the gangster type, all loco to draw down on some fools, but you've got to protect your interests, and I was mainly interested in not getting peeled… More
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