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Break Out: Minneapolis

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
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Break Out: PEN America Celebrates Prison Writing Awards and New Anthology

EventDecember 15, 2022

PEN America celebrated the winners of its 2022 Prison Writing Awards as it launched the new anthology, Variations on an Undisclosed Location, with an event at the Brooklyn Public… More

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PEN America Prison Writing

Visiting the Blues, 2021 Prison Writing Awards AnthologyBrooklyn Public Library Justice InitiativesWednesday, December 15, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET
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Works of Justice: A Brief Interview with Poet Edward Ji

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By: Eleanor Mammen | September 16, 2019

"Writing is not 'resistance.' This places counts me eight times a day, but does not know I’m here. Like winter, life does not care if you die. It is… More

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Banned Books Week 2019: Banned Books Week(end) at Deep Vellum

Saturday, September 28, 2019 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Works of Justice: An Interview with Punk-Writer Sean Thomas Dunne

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By: Anjali Emsellem | September 2, 2019

"Cathartic release is a byproduct of my desire to say something that matters to you." More

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Works of Justice: An Interview with Poet Louise K Waakaa’igan

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By: Eleanor Mammen | August 26, 2019

"It is through and with my writing that I get to be who I am, a multifaceted Anishinaabekwe with a voice and a story to share." More

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Works of Justice: An Interview with Prison Poet Laureate Eduardo “Echo” Martinez

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By: Anjali Emsellem | August 19, 2019

"My responsibility is truth and awareness. I'm not attempting to push the envelope. I’m pushing the Post Office." More

Public Reading Series “BREAK OUT” to Feature Works by Incarcerated Writers

Press ReleaseAugust 13, 2019

“BREAK OUT is designed to bring the often isolated work of incarcerated writers out into the open." More

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Somehow this is both stunning and totally run-of-the-mill for 2023. A university president - at a public university in Texas - has decided to unilaterally cancel a student-organized drag show charity fundraiser for @TrevorProject. Just b/c he felt like it. #FreeSpeech #EdScare https://twitter.com/1AMorey/status/1637993457653252102

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Included in the 3rd issue of The Journal of Women and Criminal Justice is our director of Prison and Justice Writing @caits_meissner's letter underscoring the importance of uplifting the voices of incarcerated women. Read more here: https://www.njreentry.org/application/files/7316/7847/0620/The_Journal_of_Women_and_Criminal_Justice_Summer_Edition_2023.pdf

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