Variations on an Undisclosed Location: 2022 Prison Writing Awards Anthology
This anthology represents the indispensable archive of the creativity and intellect of incarcerated writers. It also exists simultaneously as a vehicle of connection with the world and other incarcerated… More
Visiting the Blues: 2021 Prison Writing Awards Anthology
Visiting the Blues is an incredible collection of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama written during one of the toughest moments in our over-incarcerated nation’s history. More
Breathe into the Ground: 2020 Prison Writing Awards Anthology
The 2020 Anthology, titled Breathe into the Ground, is an impressive collection of poetry, nonfiction, and drama from incarcerated writers in the United States. More
The PEN Ten: Jevon Jackson on Uncompromising Truth and What Makes for Good Narrative
"Good Narratives create a world that we can identify with, populated with people we can relate to, and regardless of the plot or the characters' journey . . .… More
As I Hear the Rain: 2019 Prison Writing Awards Anthology
For over three decades, every year hundreds of imprisoned writers from around the country submit poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic works to PEN America’s Prison Writing Awards, one of… More
Fireside: or Immaterial Burns
"The leather strained as Tyrone leaned forward to push in the cigarette lighter, and again, when he sat back in the seat." More
My Co-Worker
"My co-worker makes parole. / No goodbyes. Just disappears one day." More
Young Girl Twenty
"The type of chick that young thugs’ll wait on, / and older catz lose they weight on / Modestly fly, sour chicks couldn’t play Dawn" More
All of Us, In Prison
"some prisons, by the night, / will never let you go, / and some prisons, in the light, / will never let you go." More
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