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Booklash: Literary Freedom, Online Outrage, and Language of Harm

ReportAugust 4, 2023

We need to engage in free debate about books without denying readers the opportunity to read these books and come to their own conclusions. More

Anthony J. Nocella II, Mark Seis, and Jeff Shantz - Classic Writings in Anarchist Criminology: A Historical Dismantling of Punishment and Domination

A Review of Classic Writings in Anarchist Criminology Anthology

Book Review
By: A.W. Strouse | June 18, 2020

“A vital resource for launching a more robust critique of how the field of criminology has been paving the way for totalitarianism.” More

A Review of New Jersey Prison Theater Cooperatives’s Caged

Book Review
By: Claire Adler | June 18, 2020

“The play illustrates Black lives in dialogue with a racist system. . . while moments of extraordinary integrity and bravery break through the cracks.” More

Louise K. Waakaa’igan - This Is Where

A Review of This Is Where by Louise K. Waakaa’igan

Book Review
By: Stella Brice | June 18, 2020

“Waakaa’igan is a serious poet in a serious place—both psychic and physical. She admits the darkness. She acknowledges the bones scattered on the floor.” More

A Review of Guilty People by Abbe Smith

Book Review
By: Ash Holland | June 18, 2020

Abbe Smith’s central premise in Guilty People is fairly straightforward: Who among us isn’t guilty? “The guilty are not a separate species,” Smith writes. More

Judith Levine and Erica R. Meiners - The Feminist and The Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence

A Review of The Feminist and The Sex Offender by Judith Levine and Erica R. Meiners

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By: Claire Adler | June 18, 2020

“A refreshingly hopeful and pragmatic guide for building a broader political movement against both prisons and sexual violence.” More

Temperature Check Vol. 7

Temperature Check, Vol. Seven: The Literary Issue feat. Dr. Nicole Fleetwood, George Wilkerson, & More

News DigestJune 17, 2020

This special literary issue supports writers with recent releases that contribute to critical public dialogue about mass incarceration. More

Series Launch: The PEN Book Report

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By: Hafizah Geter, Antonio Aiello | January 18, 2016

PEN America launches a new series that asks writers to question the notion of "best of" book lists and share the top five books that inspire them and challenge… More

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